Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Jam, an hour later and gothic.

1. My mother brings us two jars of blackcurrant jam -- perfect timing, because it's hot cross bun season.

2. When I look up, it's an hour later and I'm 1,000 words in.

3. To marvel at the set before the production starts. This is Dracula -- so of course there are ruins and high windows and disconcerting stairways.

Shut in, three quick strokes and event.

1. I'm with the glossy white-haired ladies in hot pink and emerald green and china blue linen waiting for the department store to open i...