1. I hand over three broken laptops for recycling and walk home with nothing in my bag.
2. In our street somewhere, there is a winter-flowering thing that keeps catching my attention with its scent.
3. An embroidery project -- a pair of gloves -- has been waiting resentfully in the corner for more than a month. I take it up from where I left off. But I can't love the way it looks, and don't think I can replicate it on the second glove. I unpick what I've just done. I try a different approach that should be easier to replicate. Still not happy. I unpick the lot, put the threads in the bin and begin again with a new colour and a new design.
