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Archives for September 2022

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Sorely tempted to commit at least five random acts of tender kindness, the artist seeks a title.

Whether this would be an honorary title such as Sir, Duchess or Knight, or, the words which will be bandied about to describe their next best seller, we still must discover.

We feel that chicken would be good for supper. For them, not for us.

We want a cashew-dominated dish.

Turning right, then two left turns, finds us seated at a pavement cafe.

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I’d like a first class ticket on a broom to somewhere.

It’s not only the witches who are regulated, advisors are cautioned not to give advice.

A wild ride is hard to find while we are protected from it.

A pot of paint does not foretell a masterpiece.

A cucumber does not promise a sandwich.

I wish to predict and paint at the same time.

A big task worth starting.

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They disappeared beyond the tree cluster near the top of the hill.

The climb had been long and filled with dazzling conversation, breathless as they reached a thousand metres above sea level, most entertaining at two thousand.

They all looked forward to water boiling at a lower temperature, and to those cooler nights.

One writer, a vagabond and a bond trader…and two librarians.

A sort of family. Certainly a group.

If they had not known each other for long, they were getting to know a lot about each other now.

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Usually strawberry, we chose peach.

So many years, many before we occupied those hallowed seats, were fillied with fuitless pursuits or conversations.

We have put that right and we feel just peachy about it!

But most important, you need to know this, is how much one woman meant to so many, so many who liked and admired her and also those who thought they didn’t.

Now it seems so very fruitful.

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