1.  I'm chatting with the volunteers at the Oxfam bookshop, and they are  wondering about Plutarch, who writes Now's the Time. They know he  frequents the shop, but they can't think who he is. I give them a  (flattering) description, and tell them to bait a trap with some French  books.
2. It's been a long day. I barely have time to get my shoes off before I fall asleep.
3. Nick brings me the last of the cupcakes to me as I lie in the bath.
Haircut, revision and changing sky.
1. At this salon, with the sinks set up so I'm looking at a view of the woods while the hairdresser shampoos and rinses, I suddenly unde...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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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. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...
 
