sharps (pot au feu)

i am sit­ting in a darkened cinema rolling a spiky metal ringup and down my fin­ger­s­press­ing in sharpto stop myself scratch­ing­sigils into skin again it’s his­tory          soup that has been...

Rehearsal

Many years ago, in the long ago times of dish-pan hands and iced-coffee banana shakes with three scoops of ice-cream, a time before gluten-and-dairy intol­er­ance, a time before it seemed I knew any­thing about weight loss. It was a time of Oak...

The trip to America…

In Octo­ber, we went to the US on what Doug called the Tour de Harper. The timing was partly to make it to my cousin Dav­id’s wed­ding to the ever awe­some Rachel and partly to get in before Harper’s plane ticket actu­ally cost money. We ended up on nine planes in...

When I wish upon a star

Wish­list for me… pretty things more oriental/middle east­ern hanging things bubble bath, bath oils fancy food things (gluten-free, dairy-free) ear­rings – amber or amethyst neck­lace – amber or garnet brace­lets – amber books Movida Rustica poetry...

A gift-guide for Harper

We are plan­ning on making birth­days and end-of-year about exper­i­ences more than about things, but we know that people will want to buy Harper presents. I figure I ought to have one spot to point people for things we’re after or at least brands that...