Monday, August 23, 2010

Drawer, before the rain and reduction.

 Nicki commented the other day, saying that she was thinking of starting a 3BT blog, but that she wasn't sure if she had anything to say. But to my mind, everyone has something to say in a 3BT blog.

Everyone comes across beautiful things (or at least things that are less horrid than the other stuff) every day. Just pick your favourite three and list them. Or your three least unfavourite, as the case may be.

There's a reason why this blog is not called "Three Compelling Things Which Will Be Of Interest To Everyone". If it were, I would never get started from sheer anxiety.

1. To open the kitchen drawer and see a new and shining set of matching cutlery.

2. To get home just as the rain starts; and to open the back door and watch the world getting wet.

3. The ftr-ftr-ftr sound of gravy reducing in the pan.
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