Written like that it sounds like an illness, like shingles or measles.
The prospect of visitors feels like I might be coming down with something because I focus on all the cleaning and house organisation that I don't do and I get impending anxiousness. It takes a while for me to remember that I choose friends who don't judge me on such things and relax into enjoying their company. They came all the way from America and brought me shoes and washed-out-looking linen of the sort I adore and our mouths were fully occupied the whole time with eating and talking - yes even in our sleep - it was exhausting.
Today they've gone and I really miss them
Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a
growing menace to towns and cities below
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Raymond Zhong, Jason Gulley and Bora Erden in the New York Times: The ice
of the Himalayas is wasting away. Glacier-draped slopes are going bare. The
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I don't often have visitors, but when I do most of my pre-visit angst centers around what selection of things to provide for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a wonderful time.
Yes - I worried about food for all occasions - but it was all worth it
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