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three beautiful things skip to main content search this blog three beautiful things three beautiful things most days posts midstream starling and getting to sleep get link facebook x pinterest email other apps may 06 2026 1 it s a day when i m stepping from appointment to task to event to task to event two things get cancelled and breathe 2 at the front door i glance around to find the starling who is dropping electronic blips and bloops and clicks from a high place he s on next door s tv aerial sifting the airwaves for the latest sounds 3 i bring myself round to sleep last thing there s hard science fiction in rendezvous with rama and then in the small hours a collection of death scenes by turgenev read more dawn chorus home coming and beech leaves get link facebook x pinterest email other apps may 05 2026 1 waking in grey light to birdsong through the open window 2 i look up and catch sight of nick coming in from the street 3 the beech leaves new unfurled and underwater soft still have fine fair hairs along their edges read more stew last stitches and russian realism get link facebook x pinterest email other apps april 30 2026 1 the fridge has been dredged for jars and roots and now a venison stew is bubbling on the stove 2 i put the last stitches into my little doll s pink felt shoes and hand her over to my daughter with the big scissors 3 i m wakeful but there are two volumes of turgenev on my e reader so i follow him into a lost world of mystic serfs and aspen groves and low mists and cart tracks read more first appointment a little water and not quite ready get link facebook x pinterest email other apps april 29 2026 1 we re having technical problems we get a slightly out of breath call from the counsellor who is also running late and it occurs to me that she s as nervous as we are 2 early evening i splash a little water about the garden and clear handfuls of fallen wisteria petals off my seedling marigolds 3 the little doll now has stiff felt limbs stuffed with pipe cleaners and a dress but her fringe remains pinned flat and untrimmed because we don t quite dare read more meet up blue butterfly and the promise get link facebook x pinterest email other apps april 28 2026 1 we drink coffee and take courage from our stories 2 a little blue butterfly lurches about the garden like a torn corner of sky caught in the wind 3 in the late dark as i am falling asleep there s the sound of the quiet rain shower promised on the weather radar read more birdlife red dot and choreograph get link facebook x pinterest email other apps april 27 2026 1 a great tit in pinstripes flies into the ivy flies out again 2 i catch a speck of red in the garden assume it s plastic litter from a broken toy but it s a ladybird stretching its wings 3 we ve been shifting around each other in and out of the kitchen all afternoon and now there is a curry and for afters warm cookies with ice cream sandwiched between read more greener come too and a good evening get link facebook x pinterest email other apps april 24 2026 1 looking out over the view from mount ephraim across the town s bowl i can see that we are a lot greener than we were before easter 2 i ask nick if he wants to come with me and he does 3 after an hour of laughter and joining in with the chorus presented by two thirds of the gluten free trio plus guide dog we head home across the pantiles which looks particularly charming all lit up we are cheerily relaxed and really ready to enjoy friday read more more posts powered by blogger theme images by michael elkan report abuse about this blog my name is clare law and i m a mother and a writer and an editor i kept this daily diary between 2004 and 2014 and i restarted during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic the practice of describing these three things each day helps me take note of life s many tiny joys get 3bt to your inbox to receive these posts by email please use the 3bt substack permissions three beautiful things by clare law is licensed 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