Zen In The Art Of Grubbing

Fear of boredom is a disease; the cure is to do the chores.

- Greg Dixon

Do you want to see my blis-ter? No? Michele didn’t either. I showed it to her anyway because it’s very rare for me to have physical evidence that I’ve actually been working; the shabby business of journalism typically occasions only bruised egos or metaphorical stabs in the back rather than a good, honest blister.

Michele wasn’t much impressed all the same. However, her indifference didn’t discourage her from asking Miles the sheep farmer whether he might like to form an opinion on my blister when he popped over the following day.

Miles and his wife, Janet, have not long returned from a blissful week in Australia, where one of their three smart and beautiful daughters had married her handsome bloke.