Thursday, March 06, 2025

Local knowledge, bakery and eyes on.

1. The taxi driver zigs up back ways and zags down side streets and jinks into traffic queues to get us across town in time for our appointment.

2. Warm paper cups and crinkly paper bags.

3. Standing in my slippers at the top of the car pack, I get eyes on Mercury hanging under Venus to the west.

Magnolia, pagoda and station.

1. Late magnolias -- always a pleasure. 2. We like everything about the pagoda -- including the long climb to the top -- but particularly th...