1. In the small hours, oppressed by the dark and by thoughts of what is to come, I am profoundly grateful to all authors of lightweight fiction.
2. She comes home from school with a little food tech pie -- summer fruit gleaming like jewels through a window in her handmade pastry.
3. The bottle of milk is leaking where the lid has failed, but I'm loath to hand it back as we need it for breakfast. 'Give it here,' says the delivery driver. 'I'll scan it and then you can have it for free. There's been a lot of leaks with this type of bottle.'
