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Conference of Birds
On feathers that breathe and illustrated Persian manuscripts
In Praise of Anything
There are many volumes which specifically aim to praise things to a dramatic literary degree, whether that be folly, shadows, slowness, idleness…
Diminishing Powers
On anxiety, glass cloches, and the creativity which saves us
On Birds and Things Being Bearable
The neighbour calls it ‘Hitchcock hour’ but I think of it as ‘the time twice a day when for a short moment absolutely everything is bearable because…
Somewhere in Southern Europe
Somewhere in Southern Europe the pink is more pink, and a man weeds his garden rows in hot sun while wearing no shirt, but still socks.
Bird Flying, I’m Walking
On empathy, liquorice, birds, and when leaves fall
Thirteen Objects of Affection
1. A glass container with a metal lid, around seven inches tall, which I think is supposed to be for shaking out small amounts of flour as it has nine…
Nine Songs from Home
The first song, an inability to sleep peacefully. Where, normally and for the most part, a person might expect to fall asleep swiftly, calmly, with some…
Finistère, France
A short non-fiction from a past summer
A Street Three Times
The room of the house that I’ve been working from has two windows, one facing northeast, the other facing northwest. For this reason, it is also the…
Companion Piece for No.225
The morning of January 20th I wake, and the snow is gone. It is as if I dreamt it being there at all, and the only evidence of the -9 temperatures is…
Seven Landscapes
Surprising emptiness, mundane observations, and birds as usual
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