1. Talking to a wise man who has met Nelson Mandela. He tells me about "that happiness he has."
2. To come home and change out of a pair of jeans that are stiff and heavy after a dash through stair rod rain.
3. The taste of particularly good olive oil - there's a bitterness there, and an earthiness.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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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. 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...