I was lending some books to a friend yesterday when a marker fell out and I was reminded of a paragraph that I liked very much. Here it is.
Excerpt from Still Life by Sarah Winman
There is beauty in our garden at the moment, lovely Snowdrops, more and more appearing……..
and more Iris Reticulata, this time in our Three Wise Monkeys planter, made many years ago for me by a local artist,Jeremy Beswick.
We have been on trains for over seven hours today and with occasional glances at the countryside, I have been buried in the best book I have read in a long time which I started in Paris and finished as we went through Truro, just ten minutes from home. It is ‘A Year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman, a beautifully written and most evocative story that had me completely engrossed. It is set in Cornwall and is poignant, moving and utterly enchanting. Thank you to G for the recommendation.
The French countryside is scattered with churches, rather hard to catch on camera when travelling so fast but this gives a flavour.
The wonderful sculpture, Meeting Place by Paul Day, greets all those arriving at St Pancras from Paris. I love how the fabrics flow and the expressions on the faces of the two.
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