Sun, 30 August

Recipe for a Tuesday in Aisle Four Ingredients: - 1 toddler, boneless with fury - 1 tin tomatoes, unpeeled patience - 1 cereal box, mid-flight - 1 trolley, no seat, no mercy - 1 father, arm outstretched, hope thin - a pinch of strangers not stopping Method: Drop the tin. Let it roll toward whatever's watching. Fling the cereal — height matters more than aim. Go boneless on the linoleum; commit fully. Reach anyway. Miss. Reach again. Let the noise carry until it doesn't. At bedtime, ask once. Ask again. Wait for the answer that isn't coming. Tuck it in anyway. Serves: one exhausted household, quietly proud.