Thursday, March 11, 2021

Easier than expected, together and orange slices.


1. I need to deal with officialdom. I'm patient and persistent, and it is much easier than expected.

2. After lunch, Nick and I change the children's beds. Housework is much easier when there's two of you doing it.

3. To bring bright slices of blood orange to the supper table. They warm the room on this wet night when darkness fell early.
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Northernmost point, out of the rain and blue fire.

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