Monday, January 13, 2014

Shut the door, satisfactions and mango.

1. "Washing my hair" as code for a morning bath with a few beauty tasks.

2. Tiny satisfactions: cracking a walnut to give two perfect shells; getting both children off to sleep at the same time.

3. Dried mango.
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Book cupboard, haws and dinner.

1. My walk over the park takes me past a blue cupboard full of books, free for anyone to take. 2. This year the hawthorn boughs are bent, we...

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