#113: Piano
‘The pianokeys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind’ – Maria Cristina Mena
Category: The Other Livvy
#112: Chub
‘Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.’ – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit I have said before that I am oddly fascinated with taxidermy, and I think this fish is the reason why. It was caught by my great-grandfather. A simple chub that has now lived in… Continue reading #112: Chub
#111: New egg
‘”These eggs are broken. Cracked.” “Yes, ma’am. That happens sometimes.” “Does it?” “Yes, it’s the unfortunate part of being an egg.”‘ – Peter Hedges, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
#110: Dresses
‘Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.’ – Coco Chanel
#109: Best and Worst
‘The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might think.’ – Tom Vanderbilt, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do I should definitely have waited to do my victory dance at the reduced donuts until I got back to my car…
#108: Eye
‘The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.’ – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre At the Sadlers Wells Theatre, seeing a ballet production called ‘She Said’ and this was on the interval curtain. Sadly I saw it on the last night, otherwise I would definitely… Continue reading #108: Eye
#107: Snail
‘I am the Angel of Death to any kind of plant.’ – Sara Sheridan I do suspect that this quote is more appropriate for my gardening skills than the snail but never mind…
#106: Bluebells
‘Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy.’ – C.S. Lewis
#105: Leicester Square
‘There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.’ – Federico Fellini
#104: Close up pup
‘If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.’ – Woodrow Wilson