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Archives for May 2020

A prize of succulent surfaces.

Each shoe was a different size. Finding a matching pair took time, luck and perhaps, a trained eye.

Western apparel and two suits for the price of one, shared space with a neglige and nightcap store.

The last remaining bookshop was busy. They served unique vegetarian filet mignon-esque steaks in the front, books in the central area and some sort of suspect substance in the back area.

Magic formulas are available for the asking.

MBAs are available in exchange for a weekend stay at a sunny villa complete with “extras”, as usual.

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Nowhere to hide.

In the morning the sun shines in through a gap where the drapes don’t touch the wall.

We walk tentatively out of sight of the sun until ready for breakfast.

Every breath a treasure, every move a sensory oasis.

Sounds are crystal clear today.

It seems we have answered everything because we know, we know, we know.

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A little bag of, well, we know not what.

Further along the street hand-painted tins containing a collection of gems, called Lucky Tins, were on sale. Apparently one in every three hundred million tins contains a 24 carat diamond.

Feeling lucky, we bought a tin that had a painting of a roulette wheel on its top.

Did we find the diamond?

One day we will tell all.

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Reasonable.

And if not, why do we think it isn’t?

There is a course you can take, but we recommend something else first. Thinking.

Train that ability, ’cause it most certainly wasn’t taught in school and colleges usually fight shy of it.

Thinking is the enemy of all that’s truly bad, the champion of all that’s truly good.

Got wisdom.

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We don’t intend to have a problem, we do intend to please you!

So what is your favorite color and the second choice, and how you like it cooked?

Are you happier with braces or a metallic studded belt?

Your style, our verve, everybody’s nerve.

Just swell Mell.

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