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Journal End of November

At dinner, the sage corrects me with a glare, "Labyrinth, when I'm talking about the maze. At the time I think it doesn't matter what it's called, the words are interchangeable. Then it starts to bug me that I don't actually know if there is a difference between a labyrinth and a maze, so am compelled to look it up.

Journal 21st November

Sage shows me his killing moves this morning. 8.15am, twenty orks done for, at least. We can sleep tonight.

Journal 20th November

I write for a while then go out for another walk. I meet the gardener and youngest son. They are pottering, lots of plans about repairing things but not actually accomplishing anything as they keep changing jobs.
Cherry

Journal 19th November

Is there any better chi than in the middle of a maze surrounded by all this beauty? The cows were watching me. When I finished I gave them a wave. Have been waving to them since yesterday. They haven't waved back yet, but it doesn't mean I can't. If I feel like it. And I do.

Journal 18th November

I wonder how I'll ever go back to my old life. Part of me knows. I won't.

Journal 17th November

Suddenly it's hometime from school and the light is dimming. How can the day go so quickly, in a book, a walk and a laptop? Plus several cups of tea.

Journal 16th November

The cats gather about us hoping for something more appealing than the dried cat food. They are mostly disappointed, but it never stops them hoping. Fabulous teachers, cats.

Journal 15th Nov

Slow motion while everything around me whizzes. Except the trees. And me. I know them. I know how it feels to be like a tree. Standing. Watching. Apparently motionless, but pumping inside. Pulse of energy, vast and hidden. Until the Spring.
Cherry

Journal 14th Nov

When you stay with other people for a while you get new influences. Recipes you'd never known, music you'd never heard. Themes that will remind you of them always.

A Beautiful Kiss

Kisses like this only happen in movies Not to strangers, who only recently met Not to me But it did