Dear Sinister,
The first snowfall in Montreal. That particular hush descending on the streets,
punctuated by the occasional rumble of a passing municipal truck, by the whine
of summer tires struggling to gain a hold on the slippery pavement. I love the
city in winter, and it's good to be home after so many years away.
I made a pilgrimage to Glasgow in May. I wandered around the West End looking
for Saint Theresa on the hill and was unreasonably excited to happen upon Stow
College. I talked to almost no one for five days and walked my way through
Belle and Sebastian's complete discography (including EPs and foreign releases,
in chronological order by release date). It's a pity that Heaven in the
Afternoon didn't bump one of the more lacklustre tracks off The Life Pursuit; I
remember exactly where I was when my playlist inevitably went quiet on just
that note.
I don't know exactly why I'm writing now, perhaps for the third time only since
joining the list five or so years ago. I'm sitting in my unheated living room
under a fastidiously framed Fold Your Hands art print; my twenty-fifth birthday
is fast approaching. I spend my days listening to fantastic tales and oh so
calmly persuading angry people to come inside from the blowing snow, there will
be a sandwich, you see, and later a cigarette, and perhaps a little something
to help lull to sleep. It's a strange sort of life.
Layla
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