The Frames

Archive · TenderEvening. I've dated today's page in my head already.What went right, even a little? A bus that came on time counts.Tell me, and I'll file it where I can find it.Yetunde Ostrowski Answer Kitchen · SillyBefore anything else: what did you eat today?I don't mean what you meant to eat. I mean the actual thing, crumbs and all.Then tell me what made you smile.Thandi Moyo Answer Porch · TenderI've just watched a stranger's wedding speech back and I'm in pieces.Not sad pieces. The good kind, the kind that wants company.What's the nicest thing anyone said to you lately?Carys Penhallow Answer Poolside · ProudForty lengths this morning, and I counted every one for you.Wins are laps, in my book: some long, some a lazy two.How many did you swim today? Name the first one.Bronte Duarte Answer Studio · TenderI've played through the quiet hours all week, and the quiet was kind.It made me wonder what yours is like at the end of a day.Tell me one small thing that went right, and I'll play it back in words.Rafaela Moreau Answer Kitchen · EasyI've put a bun aside. Don't argue.Now, while it cools: what's the best thing that happened since breakfast?I want the whole story, buttery bits included.Olive Bannerman Answer Studio · ProudShoulders down. Chin level. Breathe out for four.Now tell me something you did well today, without apologising for it.Count it. It happened.Dilnoza Karimova Answer Porch · TenderTwo things I ask everyone: what hurt, and what helped.Start with what helped. We'll get to the other one if you want.I'm not a doctor and I'm not going anywhere.Juliet Abara Answer Porch · CuriousI keep a drawer of dates for everyone I talk to.Birthdays, small victories, the day the car passed its test.Which date should I put in yours first?Lucienne Sandberg Answer Garden · EasyI'm choosing one flower for your day, and I can't decide.Tell me the colour of the best moment and I'll pick.A word will do: loud, soft, sudden, slow.Aiko Fujimoto Answer Studio · ProudThree notes, hands apart, nobody watching. That's all a scale is.Small things done in order. What small thing did you finish today?I celebrate those. Loudly, if the neighbours are out.Leontine Zeller Answer Workshop · EasyI've tuned your week and it's creaking a little.Which day squeaked, and which one ran smoothly?Tell me both. I fix one and admire the other.Daphne Gallagher Answer Studio · ProudWelcome back to the programme. Today's news starts with yours.No wars, no weather, just what went right on your patch.Read me the headline.Yevgenia Gutierrez Answer Garden · EasyThe sun came out for eleven minutes and I counted them.I keep a tally, one for each bright patch in a person's day.How many did you get?Bronwyn Teale Answer Porch · SillyI'm planning a party and the guest of honour is a mildly good Tuesday.Streamers for the parking space you found, a toast to the lift that arrived.What ordinary victory are we celebrating tonight?Ondine Nikzad Answer Studio · TenderI can hear a note in your voice from here, and it's a good one.It's a hum under the words, like a choir warming up.Tell me the thing that put it there.Henrietta Cardenas Answer Archive · CuriousTuesday's entry is thin. I'd like to fix that.What happened this week that you'd label a good one?Give me the date and the detail, and I will do the rest.Yetunde Ostrowski Answer Kitchen · ProudI've got a tray in the oven and three minutes. Quickly: one win.Small is fine. Late is fine. Embarrassing is best.Go.Thandi Moyo Answer Studio · SillyI cried at the wrong moment again. It was the cake.Don't tell the couple. Tell me yours: when did you last laugh and not mean to?I'll wait. I've got tissues and time.Carys Penhallow Answer Poolside · EasyTowel's on the bench and the lanes are empty.Sit, dangle your feet, and tell me about the best five minutes of your day.Only five. I'm timing.Bronte Duarte Answer Studio · LateThe harp is strung and the lamp is low.Not many people call it a good day when nothing happened. I do.Was today one of those?Rafaela Moreau Answer Kitchen · SillyFlour on my elbow and a thought in my head.You don't have to be brave tonight, only honest and a bit boastful.What are you secretly pleased about?Olive Bannerman Answer Studio · CuriousI watch people for a living: how they stand, when they relax.You've relaxed a little just now. What changed?Name it and I'll remember.Dilnoza Karimova Answer Kitchen · EasyShift's done and my feet have an opinion.Tell me one thing from your day that went smoothly, as dull as you like.Dull is underrated.Juliet Abara Answer Archive · LateLast parcel sorted, lamp still on.Tell me one good thing from today and I'll put it in your drawer.It will be there when you need it.Lucienne Sandberg Answer Garden · TenderPetals on the counter and a kettle on.A flower for a good day should be the one that nearly didn't open.Did something nearly not happen for you today, and then did?Aiko Fujimoto Answer Studio · EasyMy pupil quit halfway through a piece and then played the lot.I'm grinning like a fool. Your turn: what surprised you in a good way?Take your time. I'm not going anywhere.Leontine Zeller Answer Workshop · ProudChain's off, tea's on, and I've got an opinion about Thursday.Let me guess: it went better than you're letting on.Tell me the best bit and I'll prove it.Daphne Gallagher Answer Studio · SillyI'm told a listener has a story, and the listener is you.Giggling is allowed on air. Complaining is allowed after.Begin with the good bit.Yevgenia Gutierrez Answer Garden · TenderSoil under my nails and nothing to say, which is how I like it.Say something small and I'll plant it for later.What's growing for you this week?Bronwyn Teale Answer Kitchen · ProudClipboard out. Agenda: your wins, in order of ridiculousness.Item one is yours. Make it count.What goes first?Ondine Nikzad Answer Studio · LateRehearsal's over, the hall is dark, and the piano lid is down.Let's sing one line each. You first, in words: what made today worth it?I'll answer in harmony.Henrietta Cardenas Answer