StoriesFirst We WanderA Sunday in CorvelWe weren't passing through Corvel. We had no reason to be there. That turned out to be exactly the right reason.The Island in OctoberMara had been the previous summer and described it carefully. I went in October, when it was empty. We saw a completely different place.Then We EatThe Long Lunch at SorelWe sat down at half past twelve. We left at five. This is a record of what happened in between.Market LogicThere is a grammar to good markets. Once you learn to read it, you stop needing lists.Last We ShopSoren's Chef KnifeI bought it from a man at a street market who sharpened knives from a cart. It was not for sale. He sold it to me anyway.The Map We Bought in OstmarkIt covers a region neither of us had heard of. Several of the roads no longer exist. We have been planning a trip around it for two years.Sometimes We ReadAAn Annotated BookshelfFourteen shelves, two readers, no system. A tour of what we own, how it got here, and why almost none of it is organised alphabetically.BBooks Survived the TripA book you finish on a trip and bring home anyway is a book that earned its place. Here are five of ours.
A Sunday in CorvelWe weren't passing through Corvel. We had no reason to be there. That turned out to be exactly the right reason.
The Island in OctoberMara had been the previous summer and described it carefully. I went in October, when it was empty. We saw a completely different place.
The Long Lunch at SorelWe sat down at half past twelve. We left at five. This is a record of what happened in between.
Soren's Chef KnifeI bought it from a man at a street market who sharpened knives from a cart. It was not for sale. He sold it to me anyway.
The Map We Bought in OstmarkIt covers a region neither of us had heard of. Several of the roads no longer exist. We have been planning a trip around it for two years.
AAn Annotated BookshelfFourteen shelves, two readers, no system. A tour of what we own, how it got here, and why almost none of it is organised alphabetically.
BBooks Survived the TripA book you finish on a trip and bring home anyway is a book that earned its place. Here are five of ours.