Archive - Jun 2010

Last night was the solstice but this year I stayed inside, living my life, attending to ordinary matters.  I am going to enjoy it as the official beginning of summer not the start of the longer nights, and sure enough the sun has chosen this week to warm us whereas the day before it was cold enough for autumn.  Summer is our holiday season  read more »

The summer has come in now, rolled in with the start of June in sunshine banners of bright and blue and heat and golden air, filling the green fields with sparkling wine and the tight spot in my chest with smiles of arriving.
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I love maps.  I love the colour and shape of them, and the codes that make brown lines into mountains and black boxes into stations.  I love looking at the whole of an area laid out before me as if I was in space, as if it was my domain and I had secret information about every part of it.  I love the feeling of order they give me, and the excitement of understanding the land,  read more »