Tuesday, January 20, 2009

At a stretch, dish and little mountains.

1. Chimney pots trying to reach above the grey rainy morning.

2. Putting a small dish of mince topped with sliced potatoes into the oven. There is nutmeg and cheese among the layers.

3. To run my fingers over the latest section of my sewing and feel the smooth satin stitch and the nubbly mountains raised by Rhodes stitch.

Stars, reading aloud and distracted.

1. Our last few gingerbread stars are still crisp and good; still tasting of the butter we measured and melted and mixed. 2. I read aloud fr...