the (long) weekend that was
in praise of slowness
weekends are a time for comfort and relaxing and maybe rewarding yourself a little. are there treats you only allow yourself on weekends?
- kinfolk magazine, vol 9.
last weekend (friday 25 nov) was definitely a time for both comfort and relaxation...
burrata & blackened tomatoes with freshly baked sourdough • ginger beer can chicken cooked over charcoal
deliciously long, blessed with the presence of life-long soul friends arriving thursday afternoon + me & my bestie doing our usual circuit of the second-hand stores on the island, looking for books and bargains + [ginger] beer can chicken & steak on the charcoal bbq, with crispy potatoes, burnt lettuce & fresh sourdough + breakfast alfresco, then lunch in the sunshine at a favourite local café + four humans and one cat arranging ourselves in lazy patterns designed to lap up the sun—or have naps—indoors and out + coffee taken back to bed, where we make nests from our pillows and duvets, coming out only when hunger shifts itself into first place
post-sauna sweeties at island gelato
sauna time, punctuated with stormy sea swimming + gelato afterward, as the rain appeared + warm cardamom buns + crepes, fresh off the griddle, pleasurably devoured at a picnic table, washed down with coffee + three borrowed books to add to my reading pile: lioness, a study in drowning and frankie + frankincense & lemon in the oil burner + soho street food + love & laughter in abundance.
stories from elsewhere
- watching // the captivating 20 minute film, whales in a changing ocean, with footage of humpback whales in antarctica, and interviews with people who study them.
- discovering // hedgerow window film, and the three ‘something i have noticed’ journals, designed by talented uk artist hannah nunn
- wondering // how i get my hands on this short documentary about a woman called morag, who lived all her years on the island of harris in the outer hebrides
- listening // sina bathaie
- loving // coffee break
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