Tuesday, November 14, 2023

In the crowd, fallen leaves and signed hardback.

1. Bettany elbows her way to the front, points me out among the crowd of parents and gets permission to leave. 

2. She is cross and has to pretend she is not enjoying shuffling the fallen leaves.

3. Not long ago I treated myself to a signed hardback. Now, sitting up in bed, I start to read.

Magnolia, no coat and weeding.

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...