1. I lick the mint sauce spoon. My brain momentarily feels like a pinball machine as neurons fire in reaction to the intense flavours and the vague memories that they inspire. I love mint sauce.
2. It doesn’t go quickly but it goes fine, which is the best one can hope for from warping really.
3. There are suddenly piles of golden leaves everywhere.
3b. The cows gather by the path as darkness falls.
3c. The fields stay level as the road drops away so the retaining wall grows in height as I walk. At some point – I don’t notice when – the retaining wall stops being manmade and instead is simply a small uncovered cliff of bedrock. In a tiny soil strip at the edge of the path, someone has planted rosemary bushes.
4. I stay up late to finish the book. I’d put it down at the crest the night before so today it’s just the splash back as some loose ends are wrapped up but it’s still exciting – the first full length novel I’ve read start to finish in another language.
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