#342: Turkish Delight
‘Each piece was sweet and light to the very centre and Edmund had never tasted anything more delicious. He was quite warm now, and very comfortable.’ – C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Tag: Christmas
#341: Sloane Square
‘These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it.’ – Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
#340: Mince pies
‘Women used to have time to make mince pies and had to fake orgasms. Now we can manage the orgasms, but we have to fake the mince pies. And they call this progress.’ – Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother Bought pastry and bought mincemeat… Continue reading #340: Mince pies
#339: Oh Christmas tree
‘O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches! In beauty green will always grow Through summer sun and winter snow.’ – Traditional carol
#338: Bauble
‘Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.’ – Norman Vincent Peale
#337: Christmas jumper
‘I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. – Harlan Miller
#336: Santa Run (2014)
‘What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a clue.’ – Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
#331: It begins…
‘Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.’ – Mary Ellen Chase
#330: Regent Street
‘Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel… City of Night?’ – Jim Morrison
#3 – And So That Was Christmas
I’m not big on Christmas. As a non-religious person in an increasingly secular society, I’m almost always glad to see the back of it. As a “holiday” it is particularly stressful, and the spiritual significance has all but been lost in an orgy of consumerism. One thing I do miss, as we move into January,… Continue reading #3 – And So That Was Christmas