1. I like it when the laundry fits perfects on the airer. Four heavy things, twelve tops and four rows, two on each side, of socks and underwear.

2. The cute little dog in the cute little jacket wants to eat the bus ticket from its mum’s hand. She sits down and lets it nibble.

3. The pieces are still warm from the kiln.

4. We play with Lily’s new bone. She bounces around the two rooms, wrestling me for it, chasing after it and teasing me, keeping it just out of my reach so I can’t take it off her – but really, that’s what she wants most of all: it’s how the game starts again.

5. We get to the fish’n’chip shop just before a small rush. After placing our order, John ducks out of the foyer to stand with me and Lily in the cold. His face smells like hot oil and vinegar.