Friday, February 04, 2005

Cool, purple and May.

1. The coolness of pearls when you first put them on.

2. My book of Siegfried Sassoon's poetry. It has gorgeous thick pages and a cover the colour of a blackberry juice stain after it has been washed.

3. In Sons and Lovers the passage where Mrs Morell and Paul walk in the woods in May. It made me forget it was February outside.

Volunteers, eleven and bright crayons.

1. Volunteers growing out of the yellow clay on the edge of the building site: a castor oil plant with spiked green seed pods; and a couple ...