Friday, March 22, 2024

Mary Oliver, cowslip and kulfi.

1. To have a slim blue Mary Oliver book.

2. On the bank by the road, one cowslip, rather dazed. 

3. Remembering that there is a kulfi lolly in the freezer.

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