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Feasts & Fancies: New Year’s Eve @ Chocolate Notes
The weather is true to this time of year in Norwich: undecided between rain and tentative sunshine, and temperature with mood swings. A gust of warmth and coffee greets me as I open the glass door to Chocolate Notes. And … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve
A tower of books is rising in the corridor, taller, wonkier by the minute, until it comes tumbling down. I scoop the books into several plastic bags. They’re going to Oxfam. Books I no longer like. Books I don’t care … Continue reading
Welcoming In The New Year*
Raid all the cupboards and drawers. Throw into the charity shop bag anything you no longer want, toss into the bin liner anything nobody would want. Make room for the beautiful, the useful, the new. Vacuum the carpets, remove the … Continue reading
Odds & Ends: New Year’s Eve
When I was nine years old, and we were living in Nice, I would sit by the window, in my pyjamas, and watch the neighbours leave home to go to various New Year’s Eve festivities. The men all wore black … Continue reading