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Growing up in the 80s I thought my relationships would involve a lot more deep rivers, wide valleys and tall mountains.

It's my brother's birthday. Here he is last year, elated at receiving colourful pants. All he ever wants is his dinner, yazoo milk shake, pom bears and bright pants and socks. There you have it, the secret to a happy life.

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Social care reform is in the news and for good reason. The charity that houses and supports my brother has sent out a message today about their many funding challenges. It's really worrying as his whole life is there, he loves it.

Morning

Suffering succotash

Current read. The main character is called Evelyn Skinner, which was my grandmother's name before marriage, and which I partially appropriated for my own pen name. I am picturing her as I read and the character won't have had better hair in any other reader's imagination, guaranteed.

Braggard

Genuinely not sure what's going on with this guy.