i was “tagged” by ninewhitetulips to post 10 things about myself.

1) i love cryptic crosswords inordinately but am not that good at them (but keep trying)

2) although i’m outgoing, my favourite pastimes are often solo activities

3) i think bodies are simply amazing, aesthetically and physiologically

4) i have a terrible terrible memory

5) the first time i saw the full moon rise deep and yellow over the horizon i was 17, that month it was a blue moon (when there are two full moons in the calendar month) and i have always felt special about that

6) i want to travel the whole wide world but it scares me a little

7) i am not materialistic but i covet chloë bags

8) i will not discuss politics

9) poetry has ruled many of my decisions (“you must change your life”, the archaic torso of apollos, rilke)

10) when i was young i thought the beatles song “julia” was about me