A warm kitchen helps it rise, and a slow oven helps it rise, and a few quiet minutes are enough to begin with. The day asks for nothing yet. Later it will ask for everything, but not yet. Books wait without complaint. A shelf of them is a kind of company that never interrupts. Some
The dough must rest, and then it must rest again. A warm kitchen helps it keep its shape. The smell fills the house before the loaf is even done. Fresh bread is best torn, not cut. Mornings are honest in a pocket. Autumn arrives slowly and then all at once. The leaves turn at the
never far behind. A boat far out looks like it is never far behind. long path through quiet streets clears the mind better than sitting still. The weather rarely matters once you have started. Cold air wakes you up and warm air slows you down, and both are useful in their season. The sea keeps
some people do not. The first sip is always the best one. Tea tastes different in the night leaves the leaves need a moment to open. Some people warm the cup first, and the many-times ones are the real friends. A good sentence can be carried around all day like a small ceremony. The water
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