Thirteen Pearls (13 page)

Quack.

Here's what my browser history looked like by the time I finished:

Parenting techniques

Disciplining children

Dealing with difficult children

What is a naughty mat?

Who is Supernanny?

Thai mountain tribes

Thai culture Thirteen Pearls

Sprouting for beginners

(And, this was being ambitious, but:)

Exciting ways to cook fish

(A clip flashed up on YouTube with a woman who practically oozed into everything she was cooking and who made licking her fingers almost indecent. I'd never be able to find all the fresh ingredients her recipe called for, but she made cooking fish far from boring.)

Basic fish recipes

Hotmail

Dear Tash,
Things are great up here. My uncle is a redneck psychopath and the kid is like something from a horror movie. He wets the bed and bites and kicks me and we're stuck on a prison island surrounded by sharks. The only good thing is that the two oyster hands are cool. Cute actually. I'm glad you're not here(!). How's dear old disgustingly humid Cairns? How's Jason? How are you? Did you decide to give him his Christmas present early?
Luv,