w24 sunday review

i consider reducing my sources of stress

three stories not about birds: owl 2017

"Don’t move her. I’ll find the house phone."

four stories not about fruit: redcurrant

She turned back to Opal. "Shame your nosing about didn't include any research into my finances. I don't have that kind of money to throw at things I like, never mind grasping little tarts in Argos earrings."

2025 may reading roundup

tl;dr 14 books, oddly none of them 5 stars

w22: sunday review

ate a cheese straw, drank a good coffee, renewed my vow to get very very old

four stories not about fruit: grapefruit

When I look back down the three women have trailing afterimages. Dance through it, I think, you've danced through worse.

w21: sunday review

eleven successful tomato seedlings

three stories not about birds: crane 2052

He had too many cranes to flock on his windowsill, so a few days earlier he had borrowed a slim piece of wire and stacked them all on it, piercing them through the crests of their backs like beads.

four stories not about fruit: apple

I go to rinse out my teacup and look out of the kitchen window. My good ash-handled iron fork is upright, kicked down into the earth at the edge of my calendula bed. I wonder who will bring it indoors before rain if I can't.

w19: sunday review

summer arrived with pollen on both her fists.