Our daily walk to school takes just ten minutes, during which we join the stream of other parents and kids stomping up the hill.
Sometimes—well, quite often—I overhear little bits of conversation. I thought they were quite nice all collected together.
That’s all. I almost added a third page, which would be about the conversations my daughter and I have, but that started feeling like a different piece. What do you think; does this feel finished to you?
Myfanwy Tristram 
It was amusing and I’d love to see future posts of these!
Oh good, I am glad! Thank you.
Hi Myfanwy – I suppose the answer’s in your question. (Don’t I sound like a mysterious old woman in a cave, speaking truth through a haze of hawthorn smoke :) ?)
I can see why conversations with your own daughter might feel different from the wonderful surreal randomness of conversational snippets overheard. I’m not an artist, but I’d guess that knowing the context would make you frame your figures slightly differently.
I hope you keep adding pages though – it’s a joy to see and a real record of a time. Did you really hear a child in a pushchair shouting ‘Long live Nigel Farage’? Gosh.
By the way – have you caught Marcus Coates ‘Dawn Chorus’ at Fabrica? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCCpnDtgxXk Well worth seeing.
All best wishes
Elane
Reminds me of Stan Mack’s “Real Life Funnies” that ran in the Village Voice for many years. Fun!