1. During the night we are jolted from sleep by a crash coming from the kitchen. In the morning, I find a glass has fallen off the shelf on to the tiled floor. It is lying on the floor miraculously unharmed.
2. In the dark, a man walks towards me. A streetlight shines through his orange plastic bag so it glows like a lantern.
3. A kind boyfriend who calls quarter of an hour later than I said I'd be with him 'prompt'.
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...
