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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

at the risk of sounding (and feeling) old…

elbeno, 16 June, 2005

Gaiety. Song and dance. Here we are and there we are.

Mrs. Elbeno has fixed holes in two of my favourite jumpers. Jumpers which were cruelly struck down at a young age, finding themselves on the wrong end of an argument with the in-laws' washing machine agitator (agitator? I prefer my household appliances to be apolitical).

Pure cotton. Made in Italy. Surely the pinnacle of jumper society. And now back at the number 1 spot on my jumper hit-parade.

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