The Replies Book

Hope we saw the best.

It was if you found it and ignored the guide book, forgot recommendations and lost the reminders.

Creativity, they say, is a good thing (who are “they”, we have no idea…but presume “they” know!).

To find your own thing, the place, the idea, the story, is rewarding. Following the crowd is merely the comfort of avoiding the new and dazzling.

But. We are happy if you follow the consensus some of the time, it leaves the field more available to us.

See you there!

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Sweet upgrades and a parking meter.

The time said twenty minutes.

We wanted more.

It didn’t cooperate.

We left a note.

The note was polite and engaging as well as explaining how we would have happily paid for an hour but…

When we returned the car was clean and shining bright as new.

Someone had washed and waxed the car.

They didn’t leave a note.

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You have been set a difficult task. Take it seriously.

This is very important, for you and everyone.

You must find the funny things about the whole situation, seriously.

It is serious. Find out how to make this funny, pluck the funny things from the middle of this mess.

Don’t stop until you reach the point of hysterical laughter.

At least you get to smile…eventually.

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Strips of feta cheese with olives and red peppers drizzled with olive oil.

We need food. We don’t always need to talk about it.

But we are a very good cook.

Healthy and delicious and quick – that’s our motto.

The idea is to emphasize inspiration and de-emphasize effort.

Oh yes, in the staid traditional way they mean it, we always “make an effort”. Every time. With ease.

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Start the engine, turn on the lights and wave the flag.

It was a red flag but the lights were dim to avoid too much attention.

It was not an official race.

The noise was deafening, no secret meet could have broadcast its presence more than this.

What were we thinking.?

Well, that was before thinking began.

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