A birthday dinner: mango slices sprinkled with Cayenne and wrapped in prosciutto, rack of lamb with cauliflower au gratin, baby Romaine tossed with fresh herb vinaigrette, pistacchio macarons and homemade vanilla ice cream, Champagne, espresso....I am a year older, but well fed!
Elle*
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You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
Anna Akhmatova "White nights"
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