Chapter 49The days roll into weeks and everything returns to normal. It's as if we stepped out of kilter for a while and now the world has turned and all is well again. Patricia has become self-employed full-time and the change has been almost seamless. It feels as if she's always sold her pickles, pies and paintings. She's designed her own brand now and all her produce is labelled and marketed under her name. Shops and restaurants telephone with their orders, which she writes down in her book at the kitchen table. I'm sure many of them think they're telephoning some fancy establishment and not the kitchen of our little house. Her produce is always in demand, and if we were worried about her not earning enough, we needn't have been. Her paintings are also selling well and with galleries di
