The Replies Book

When very little is persistent.

Things can change, or be changed more easily.

We can be persistent.

You can be persistent.

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After the grapes were born, we decided to give them water.

By the time three years had passed, there was a field of fruit trees, beds of lettuce, cabbages, and all the fruit and vegetables one could imagine.

Don’t think for one moment that we didn’t love it.

So did our neighbors 

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A sliding scale of merry aesthetics.

The colour of the walls.

The style of the doors and windows.

The portico, gables and roof tiles.

The greeting on arrival.

Which one where?

All of them.

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Strange how we all estimate temperatures differently.

Hot is good for us, but too hot is…too hot.

As the sun is something we do not challenge, merely interfering with sunshades and hats.

We change everything and nothing.

Some things do change, some things can be changed.

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How do you say “wait for me at the park entrance” in eight languages?

There’s a new book…. isn’t there always!

This work of literature is more novel than guide.

It’s fiction with a thread of biography-meets-travel-book.

If you long for, in fact have waited all your life for just such a masterpiece, we want to hear from you so we can get to work!

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