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.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...