If you have not read Helene Hanff I ought to insist that you run out and buy the omnibus or at the very least 84, Charing Cross Road. Perhaps my New Year resolution is to not shove books at people. Perhaps I am too sleepy. In any case I am not going to insist you...

So Gaya wants to go and see snow and I am wondering… But in the meanwhile the house is full of books I have not read and movies I have not watched. I have today before I rejoin the adult world. As my good deed for the day let me give you a tip. Go...

Had to do a mini spring cleaning and came across lots of sentimentalia which ended the spring cleaning. Which is the whole point of sentimentalia. That it stops you in your purposeful tracks like a wistful lottery seller who accosted you on Monday morning and leaves you mooning . I don’t mind throwing out love...