1. A group of ten schoolgirls in the street sounds like a busy stream on a very still day in the height of summer.
2. Godfather Tim brings the lovely Mrs Knight to lunch.
2b. In the November fog, approaching her house feels like the opening scene of a gentle ghostly fairy tale novel.
3. We put Alec and Xavi on the floor and they reach out to touch each others' faces.
Hoarders, flowers and technology.
1. In a low voice he reels off the names of the muscles where I have been hoarding all this tension. 2. He comes home with posies of flowers...
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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. 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...