The Atelier
Let Them See
Who They’d Be Renting To.
Eight short answers, one at a time, and each one only as long as you feel like making it. Answer them the way you would tell a friend, and Esmeralda will go looking with your own words in her hand.
Yours to leave and come back to. Your words wait for you.
Where do you need to be?
Near work, near the grandchildren, near the bus. Wherever you need to be.
Picture your first morning there. What are you doing?
The kettle, the light, the window you are standing at. Tell it the way you can see it.
A house starts to feel like home the day…
Finish it however it finishes for you. It is never the number of bedrooms.
Sunday, and the diary is empty. Where in the house do you end up?
The hours you would miss if you lost them.
How much are you home?
Out all the time, home most of it, or somewhere in between.
Would you like somebody who lives the same way, or somebody who balances it?
Two women always on the go can miss each other entirely. Somebody steady in the house can be the making of it. Only you know which you want.
When a difficulty comes up, how do you like to sort it out?
Straight away, or after a cup of tea and a think.
Is anybody coming with you?
A dog, a cat, a grandchild on Wednesdays.
Your Portrait
Home
Where you need to be
What your first morning there looks like
What makes it feel like home
What you love doing at home
What your days are like
The kind of person who would suit you
How you like to sort a difficulty out
Who is coming with you
Every word here is yours, and it reaches whoever reads it sounding like you.