1. I walk under a wild cherry tree. The pavement is covered in fallen cherries, which pop and crunch under my feet.
2. There is a shop being done up near work. A plasterer is sealing cracks, poking his tongue out as he works.
3. When I write I press too hard, so the backs of my notepad pages take on a lovely nubbly, veiny texture.
As needed, forgotten cake and syrup.
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...
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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. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...