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"Robins are the angels of my vegetable garden. You turn around and they're not there. Then there they are, next to you."

Plum and almond tart. Mmm. Sounds good. Must see what I can find at the farmer's market this weekend.

"He realized, of course, that he was a wash-out: but, when all was said, in this dancehall, at that table, among all those fellows who were also wash-outs, it did not seem to matter very much and was not at all unpleasant." AND "...a moist warmth ran through him, and he savored the agreeable intensification of existence that comes from the sense of being a man among other men."

Entertaining background stories to the high drama of this event.

"Anyway, gin fizz tasted like a lemon-flavored purgative. It scattered a sort of acidulated dust upon the tongue and left a steely savor behind it." Still, I want to try one.

Had to return to the library. Will need to get a copy myself...

Finished reading about the first town in Provence - Aix-en-Provence and am ready to book my ticket now. On to Marseilles . . .