Back then you wandered around the house bare of foot, skipping across freezing kitchen lino – ah, lino – stubbing your toes on hard edges and corners. But when I saw the slippers I immediately realised I was missing out on an essential part of my pandemic uniform. When I got home, I told my children about my new handsome friend and showed them his Instagram profile and they accused me of cheating. There were no fancy supermarkets back in my barefoot lino days. Anyway, some important news: On Sundays, one of the fancy supermarkets, the British one, sells everything nearly out of date off cheaply, the little yellow stickers wink at me as I go for my weekly visit.

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2021 05:00 UTC