1. When people in the office comments on how delicious your lunch smells. (Thank you Katie for letting me take the supper leftovers).
2. He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named smiling secretively about something.
3. Confronting an old friend with some of our early efforts at writing. 'This sounds as if it was translated from the Japanese by someone who doesn't speak much English.'
White grapes, gothic novel and predictions.
1. This week's grapes are particularly good -- a little hard so they burst well, and then both sweet and sharp. 2. Before Nick comes up...
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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...