1. A thrush singing in a garden I pass on my way to work. I love thrushes because they sing as it gets dark.
2. Leaving work while it's still light.
3. Unabridged talking books because it's like reading but you can do other stuff at the same time. I'm listening to D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers - a dour tale of a benighted marriage and adored children.
News, white chocolate and Venice.
1. Instead of the horrible news on my phone, I have a new Fortean Times to read at breakfast. 2. I'm thinking there is no chance we...
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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...