Wednesday, June 18, 2008

The return, three minutes and peas.

1. I go back to the newspaper where I started out for a day's subbing. I'd forgotten how satisfying it is to piece together a page; and how easily the work absorbs me.

2. Getting to the station and seeing that there will be a train in three minutes.

3. Eating a few peas raw while I wait for the potatoes to cook.

Change in weather, dessert and requiem.

1. In the time it took us to walk through the house from the back garden to the front, the air has filled with misty drizzle. 2. She had the...