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Tiny Pleasures #121: Symmetrical Numbers
Why is it that symmetrical numbers are so pleasing? You know, when the time is 10:01, or the odometer reads 178871, or you reach blog number 121? We’re strange creatures, humans, who love symmetry amid the chaos. This is what came up first when I googled ‘Pleasing Numbers’. An oil painting by Giacomo Balla in…
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Tiny Pleasures #114: Oloroso Sherry
Sherry is a many and varied thing. We tend to think it’s sweet and comes out of a flagon, but in Spain, in Jerez, it is more often than not dry. Oloroso style is aged in oak with lots of oxidative characteristics – think toffee, leather, dried apple, walnut and spices. It’s dry and served…
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Tiny Pleasures #105: Study in the Sun
There is something rather lovely about the warmth of the Autumn sun on a Sunday afternoon. Even lovelier is sitting on the couch in that sunny warmth to study. The books seem so much friendlier. Many would add that it’s even lovelier again when the subject of one’s reading is wine.
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Tiny Pleasures #78: Lemon Scented Gums
The aroma of lemon scented gums on a hot summer’s day is quite extraordinary. It’s as though the trees have been distilled and they’re pumping out their wonderful, intensely concentrated lemon scent like nature’s perfume factory.
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Tiny Pleasures #77: Coffee Bag Design
Isn’t it fabulous to find packaging design that is bang on? Spotted in Northcote at Little Local this morning having just replenished my caffeine reserves, this packaging made me smile with its veracity.
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Tiny Pleasures #48: Falling into Bed
I know a few people who can identify with the pleasure of falling into bed at the end of the day. When you’re really tired and you know that you’ll fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow. The beautiful thing for most is that Sunday means a sleep in and a quiet…
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Tiny Pleasures #47: An Excellent Book
It is always a pleasure to read a good book. When I say ‘good’ I mean well-researched, well written, with an engaging narrative and on a topic of interest. Range, by David Epstein fits without question into this category. I can’t remember how I heard about it, but I found it in the local library…
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Happiness as Anarchy #366: Finishing a project
A year ago I decided to write a daily blog dedicated to things that make me happy. Being a leap year, today – 366 – marks the end. I usually write at the end of the day and it has become a lovely daily habit to find something that makes me smile before slipping into…
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Happiness as Anarchy #365: Spinning Spider
This tiny little spider caught the light and my attention as it diligently spun her thread while dangling from the kitchen lamp. Such an elegant creature, dancing on a string, with her long legs moving with precision and grace. Up and down, round and round she worked on a thread so light it almost wasn’t…
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Happiness as Anarchy #364: Art museums
I do love wandering around art museums and soaking up centuries of artistic endeavour. While Covid19 has made this impossible for the time being, the wonderful result is the many virtual tours of the world’s biggest galleries. I just popped into the Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and wandered around its pink hallways and rooms looking at…