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you are smoke
Lord, but I love giving advice to strangers. I bail them up in grocery stores to make suggestions about biodegradable washing powder. In boutiques and in op shops I say stuff like, Wow that looks ...read more
with tweezers
Last time I was in Switzerland I said to my host, It's so pretty! It's like an endless reel of picture postcards, seamlessly unrolling. Yes, she said. And if I'm not on my knees in ...read more
just entwined
Found this unbelievable stationery store. It is vast and old-fashioned, everything neatly arranged. They had blocks of yellow writing paper, stacked in rows, some with no margin, some with a narrow margin, some with an ...read more
mouth bandit
Some days I really miss my cat. She is grey & downy and is a right little snuggleupagus. She's also a kind of miracle cat because she got lost one night, this was in inner ...read more
antaquarium
When I went to Copenhagen on my own it was cold and windy and there were times I felt very lost and alone. When I felt lost and alone I would take refuge in one ...read more
a-biscuit, a-basket
O, the sweetest! Boy pedalling through the old part of town with his girlfriend in a wheeled box fixed to the front of the bike. It's intended for children. He is wearing jeans and a ...read more
braincloud
An acquaintance of mine was teasing after he inadvertently tapped into the ideas fountain and could not make it stop. We had brunch and he mentioned some frustrations he has been having with his business. ...read more
scandinavian tile
My host has Scandinavian taste and I love her house. The green river falls past the end of the garden. In my early twenties I visited and she and I ran down and flung ourselves ...read more
horsegrass
I met a horse. This horse had several large brown friends, in white socks, a kind of uniform they wore with insouciance, all of them living apparently in a big barn with straw trodden into ...read more