Three-and-a-half degrees at 8:30am. Overcast and damp. Has anyone mentioned to the god of Carmine's weather that the forecast is for sun?
AJ : Mama! Shadows! [Shows Mama the shadows on the wall made by the hanging laundry].
Mama : Oh yes, shadows. Do you know how shadows are made? Well, let me see. Here’s the light bulb and light comes out of it in waves. I know you can’t see the waves, you just have to believe me. Okay, forget the bit about the waves. The light shines on the wall. But if I take this cushion and put it in the way of the light…
[Mama - ‘O’-level physics with an ignominious grade C - proceeds to lecture on light waves, the difference between reflection and refraction, and related issues … ]
Mama : …so you see, that’s how shadows are made.
[Long pause during which Mama looks at AJ and AJ seems lost in thought.]
AJ : Mama…
Mama [expectantly] : Yes, darling?
AJ : My trousers are falling down…
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Monday 7 January 2008
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Three-and-a-half degrees at 8:30am. Overcast and damp. Has anyone mentioned to the god of Carmine's weather that the forecast is for sun?
AJ : Mama! Shadows! [Shows Mama the shadows on the wall made by the hanging laundry].
Mama : Oh yes, shadows. Do you know how shadows are made? Well, let me see. Here’s the light bulb and light comes out of it in waves. I know you can’t see the waves, you just have to believe me. Okay, forget the bit about the waves. The light shines on the wall. But if I take this cushion and put it in the way of the light…
[Mama - ‘O’-level physics with an ignominious grade C - proceeds to lecture on light waves, the difference between reflection and refraction, and related issues … ]
Mama : …so you see, that’s how shadows are made.
[Long pause during which Mama looks at AJ and AJ seems lost in thought.]
AJ : Mama…
Mama [expectantly] : Yes, darling?
AJ : My trousers are falling down…
AJ : Mama! Shadows! [Shows Mama the shadows on the wall made by the hanging laundry].
Mama : Oh yes, shadows. Do you know how shadows are made? Well, let me see. Here’s the light bulb and light comes out of it in waves. I know you can’t see the waves, you just have to believe me. Okay, forget the bit about the waves. The light shines on the wall. But if I take this cushion and put it in the way of the light…
[Mama - ‘O’-level physics with an ignominious grade C - proceeds to lecture on light waves, the difference between reflection and refraction, and related issues … ]
Mama : …so you see, that’s how shadows are made.
[Long pause during which Mama looks at AJ and AJ seems lost in thought.]
AJ : Mama…
Mama [expectantly] : Yes, darling?
AJ : My trousers are falling down…
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