More specifically concerning: housekeeping
the doubtful guest
Mrs. Boswell reacts to a visitation by Samuel Johnson.
a definite achievement
Wittgenstein on organizing one’s library
A view (44)
midday, Portland
audax
A rather large spider has taken up residence in the living room. Well, it is not so much that the spider is large as that it has, shall we say, presence: one notices this spider. Indeed, it notices one right back, turning and glaring (if indeed spiders may be said to glare) when one comes […]
imperfective
In the mending basket were three pairs of trousers waiting in diverse states of wear and disarray. They had been waiting there for some months, and weighing on my mind for longer – indeed, since I gathered them together with patch and thread and needle to undertake the task of repair, before setting them aside […]