1. Being given a bottle of wine for taking shorthand notes.
2. When I come to transcribe my shorthand, there is always a horrible minute or two when the squiggles make no sense. And then they resolve themselves into words and I can breathe again.
3. An old colleague came to give a talk at my local writers' group. It was good to see her again and to hear all the gossip.
Magnolia, pagoda and station.
1. Late magnolias -- always a pleasure. 2. We like everything about the pagoda -- including the long climb to the top -- but particularly th...
