Sunday, June 13, 2004

Witchcraft, food and burning logs.

1. Re-reading Diana Wynne Jones' Witch Week. Her books are properly crafted, and this one always makes me feel so happy that I don't ever have to go to school again.

2. Going to the farmers' market and not feeling suspicious and vaguely guilty about the origins what I bought.

3. The smell of pine burning.
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