A good sleep last night, the last for several nights to come.
Early morning, sitting at my desk. A cool breeze through the open door whispers around my right shoulder. Later the wind will be easterly and hot, but in this moment I take delight in my chilled right shoulder.
A week to come of hot nights and searing days. I will crave the deep green hedgerows, rain, mist and cold white snow of where once I lived.
By Margaret Forster, from her book 'Diary of an Ordinary Woman'.
'My room is large but very nearly empty, with only a bed, one chair, a desk and a chest of drawers and a cupboard in it. The floor is tiled. The bedcovers are white, the chair has a white cover on it, the walls are white. There are no curtains or carpet. It echoes. I love it.'
I imagine terracotta floors and the white covers are a rough weave cotton or linen. I wish...