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The yellow we both meanI was writing the colour block for lemon and I stopped in the middle of the sentence. It had come out without any hesitation: the yellow of zest, not the yellow of …

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The textures of silenceI have lived mostly on my own for three years, and for most of that time I would have told you the silence was the best part. In a world that never stops talking, …

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Describing a scent, not dictating itFor me, citronella is a small roof garden. We had it for more than twenty years, full of plants, with a wooden swing chair where I used to read and wr …

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Half chemistry, half autobiography You walk into a room and something shifts before you have a thought about it. The light is the same. The furniture has not moved. But the air carr …

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The selves a home holds A home where all of you can coexistOne summer at university, my friends went home for the holidays and the term emptied out around me. I was left in a rented …

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Topography and Landscape: the two maps of homeA 12-minute read. Worth saving for when you have space to think.You know the feeling of walking into your kitchen in the morning and somethi …

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