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Esme

Long lunches, small plates, no drama.

Aix-en-Provence, FR · Aix-en-Provence, fifty-four, teacher, long lunches and small plates.

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46 entries, and Esme is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Sunday 14 Jun 2026week 100settled energy 43 replies

    Evening. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. Wednesdays are…

  • A1c down

    Friday 9 Jan 2026week 78relieved energy 32 replies

    Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. A1c down. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which…

  • Somebody new

    Monday 6 Oct 2025week 64warm energy 44 replies

    Evening. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…

  • Awake at four

    Friday 26 Sep 2025week 63foggy energy 24 replies

    Evening. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Wednesday 17 Sep 2025week 61held energy 2

    Evening. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the…

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27 Mar 2026 — How is work handling this, if they know?

Nights, then days, then nights. My week has no shape and I am making peace with it.

10 Mar 2026 — What are you frightened of at the moment?

My partner is finding this harder than I am and neither of us can say it.

23 Feb 2026 — Did you get outside today?

Nothing but I moved the furniture, which was accidental cardio.

12 Feb 2026 — Who could you send four lines to tonight?

Somebody I look after was kind to me, which is the wrong way round and I noticed.