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I waited until the kids went to school. I got the bag of rice out of the cupboard, poured some into the mortar and started pounding it with the pestle. Rice was flying everywhere, spraying across the table and floor and pin pricking my bare feet. But I lent in, hunched over it, head down and, with my left hand I gripped the table edge hard. I pounded the grains harder and faster. Almost psychotically. It could, to the eyes of an onlooker, have been an almost comical sight. Darkly so. But I wasn’t smiling. I was crying. The movement of the pestle, the grinding of the rice against the granite made a rhythm, and as I kept it’s beat I pictured your betrayal, and I went back and forth over the last 10 weeks, in time with the back and forth of the pestle, and in the time it took for that rice to become a fine, white powder, I had cried very hard. I felt sadness. Real, massive sadness. But also rage, and self pity, and a little bit of hope. My arms ache as I write, but it feels somehow reassuring. I think I may get through the whole bag before the week is out. #infidelity #loss #anger #love #family #stronger #life #hurdles #lies #tears #strength #health #mentalhealth #lookafteryourself #pestleandmortar #rice #groundrice #rage #anger #hopechildren and tipp-ex have one thing in common. #tipp-ex #correctionfluid #smellsamazing #kids #parenting #motherhood #thequickguidetoparenting #lauraquick #illustration #smells #addictive #health #veganI know there are certain things we are supposed to know about food. One of them is dyed haddock is bad. To hell with it, I say. A little of what you fancy. #food #health #chef #foodstylist #smokedhaddock #yellow #loveyellow #selfridges #foodhall #healthyfood #pescatarian #illustration #foodillustration #foodillustrator #lauraquick #bodybuilding #fish #haddock #smokedhaddockOne must keep one’s chin up. A little keep fit and some matching kit may help. This is an illustration which I made as part of the series for @rapha on the subject of leg warmers. I always loved Jane Fonda. #janefonda #fitness #bodyconcious #healthyfood #health #bike #roadbiking #rapha #illustration #lauraquick@rapha Getting Started. A book for those who want to get into cycling as more than a means of getting to work. You know, when you go out just for a bike ride.... It’s nice to have a mate to go out with from time to time. Even if you don’t always agree on the route..#cyclingbuddies #roadbiking #rapha #friends #lastofthesummerwine #lauraquick #illustration #cyclingillustrationPart of the series of 60 Drawings I made for the @Rapha Book #GettingStarted. This one on roadside etiquette... #rapha #roadcycling #loveyourbike #bikelife
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