1. Christmas shopping is hard work, but all my favourite shops are open on Sunday.
2. In Waterstones there is one copy of the latest Series of Unfortunate Events books left. And it's half price.
3. It's dark and cold here, but I'm reading Ellis Peters' An Excellent Mystery which is set in a sultry 12th century August. The heat, the blue skies, the harvesting and the dust make me feel as if summer has not gone away forever.
