Films, flannel and final phrase.

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1. Kino, the cinema and cafe in Hawkhurst because the seats have enough leg room and no-one talks during the film.

2. I ask to borrow a flannel, and The Mother says not to tell anyone that she can only offer me a choice of eleven. I pick the one with a spotty dog on it.

3. My father comes in to say goodnight just as I am reading the last words of the new Harry Potter.

Comments

  1. lauren bergoldMonday, July 30, 2007

    hi clare, i am so happy to have found you again after a sadly protracted beautiful-thing-less gap! having up until now been one of those pathetic "i-should-do-this" types who mysteriously DOES NOT do it...i am proud to say i've made myself a small & portable 3BT book and i'm having a great time each day deliberating on & recording my 3. thank you for sharing your wonderful idea (& amazing writing!) with the rest of us!!! (ps there is a pic of said little book on my blog, if you'd like to see it!) :)

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  2. AnonymousMonday, July 30, 2007

    Okay, stupid American needs to ask: what's a flannel?

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  3. ClareMonday, July 30, 2007

    Lauren -- thank you so much! Everyone, check out what Lauren has made at http://llaurenb.blogspot.com/2007/07/have-you-seen-this-website.html

    Laura -- not stupid at all. If you call the small square towel you use to wash your face with something other than a flannel, you call it something other than a flannel. (I can't imagine what, though!)

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  4. AnonymousTuesday, July 31, 2007

    lovely things to share, though I have never heard of the small towel being called a flannel either. I thought you meant pajamas lol.

    Peace and Blessings!

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  5. Christine BorneTuesday, July 31, 2007

    ahhh, kino! home of the best hot chocolate....

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  6. SarahTuesday, July 31, 2007

    Hmm. I'm thinking the flannel is a washcloth in the states :).

    And, kudos for adding HP as a beautiful thing, because that book was a solid finish to the series!

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  7. UnknownTuesday, July 31, 2007

    ...yep....a flannel is a washcloth in canada too....usually made of cotton terrycloth....heather....in canada

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  8. Cat HerselfFriday, August 03, 2007

    If it's made of terrycloth, why is it called a flannel?

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