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Philip Glass: a man who halfway through his own memoir, written by himself about his own life, can start a paragraph with: "But look at it from my point of view..." The innocent jostle of ...read more
Was quite excited to work out last night by decoding the allergies notice in a Korean BBQ restaurant ('alergia') which began 'en caso de...' - 'in case of...' - that 'casa', house, must mean your ...read more
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Pleased as Punch, in that resinous phrase, that in my first days in Spain I worked out how to say, spelling notwithstanding, "Cafe descafinado con leche, por favor - cafe machinata - muy calliente, y ...read more
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The moth which landed in the glossy black curls of a woman sitting on the Metro so lightly and delicately without her noticing, and which spread its dun linen wings like opera skirts to reveal ...read more
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A beautiful girl went into meltdown at the post office counter at ten o'clock at night and we saw her wailing, sobbing with her mouth open, pleading in liquid Spanish. Tears ran down her face ...read more
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Today I had my hair cut and lost enough length to stuff a small teddy bear. Afterwards I crouched on the floor in the horseshoe swatch of paler wood worn on the black boards where ...read more
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You know how sometimes two souls collide in a fleeting way, like two bells chiming in different trees, and you never forget that person even if you never again see them or think of them. ...read more
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When I woke up I remembered the beautiful girl who was sitting outside a coffee booth by the river yesterday. She got out her phone and scrolled, she was luminous like a black pearl. When ...read more
The people dancing on bus stop rooves. The leggy punk marching in ugg boots. The giant skinhead I followed for several blocks who had a gentle face, was six foot eight or nine, and had ...read more