The Wind and The Crow / April 7 2008
Have you ever been startled by a bird flying into a window?
I was having a quiet mid-morning latte whilst gazing out over the rec’ from the control room, listening to the wind rattling the eaves and watching old people fall over on the snow-covered paths below, when . . . Wham! An enormous black crow [...]
More Cake / February 29 2008
I bumped into Mary in the village today and she confirmed something that I already suspected: she had made those delicious muffins yesterday just for me; they were not ‘left over from a big bake’, as she explained when she knocked on my back door at two o’clock in the afternoon.
Mary never seems to have [...]
Let Them Eat Cake / February 28 2008
People are so wonderful sometimes.
My elderly next-door-neighbour Mary knocked on the door about an hour ago and handed me a plate full of honey and raisin muffins. ‘I made too many,’ she said.
I was touched. Mary is incredibly tolerant; she never complains about the noise being made in the studio and is always gracious and [...]
To Buy or Not To Buy / November 17 2007
I have great difficulty passing the local bakery every morning. The smell of the various cakes and breads being made inside wafts around the deserted streets and draws Audrey and me ever closer until our faces are pressed against the shop window. We stand there transfixed, staring at the display of sandwiches, buns and pastries, [...]
