2. Two leggy girls in pink rollerskates glide backwards and forwards between the park gate and the crest of the hill.
3. The air is sharpened by the scent of cupressus. From the dark top branches, a robin scatters shards and drops of music.
1. I took a kilo of disappointing pears out of the fruit bowl and baked them with ginger and dots of butter. Now they are definitely not dis...