Bad for people. No one wants to be left out. But good for things? Absolutely. Because one of the ways we appreciate those delights, those moments, is by having ones we can go back to, time after time. A favourite repays. It becomes the moment anew, in the reexperiencing. Watching a favourite film today. It’s …
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Off to score some books
Friday afternoon, and the library beckons. I took the last lot of books back in a rush, a day late, and didn’t get more out at the time. So now, more intentionally, we’re off to score some books. Because this is a household where new book acquisitions, even where they have to be given back …
When the moment comes, let me know
A brief interlude in the collection of delights, or moments. When I started my collection of things that brighten my day, I did so with the plan that I wouldn’t store them up: I would write about a particular moment, on a particular day. I wanted these to reveal themselves to me, and in their …
Useful Facts
I’m not a fan of over-capitalisation, but on this occasion it’s deserved. For useful facts are such fun, they are indeed Useful Facts, guaranteed to brighten a (particularly grey) day. You don’t have to be a nerd to enjoy them (although now that it is cooler to consider yourself one, and broadcast that fact, I …
Channelling your inner Julie Andrews
We started listening to The Sound of Music in the car at one point on Sunday. All very nice, all very singalong. Today, one of the songs came back to me again – the difference was that I found myself wandering around, singing it. In the car. At the supermarket (sotto voce in store, a …