1. One of those mornings when coffee is really needed: eventually, there is coffee.
2. It's a mild night: no need to bundle a big coat on top of a big jumper.
3. The smooth movement of a decent fountain pen over good paper.
1. The drifts of pink and white petals drying in the gutters and flattened on to the pavement suggest that the magnolia on the corner of Bel...