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On re-reading "The Importance of Living" by Lin Yutang. by Basil

The chapters headings were most entertaining. One was entitled “On having a stomach”, another “On having a mind”. There was a whole section headed “The Importance of Loafing” … 811 words

Song Cycle of Daylesford by Basil

Let me sing of the place of Daylesford, / home of the holiday maker, the humming bird, and the verdant stream of minerals… 288 words

A Lover of Writing by Basil

When Giacomo Casanova, the Venetian patrician, completed the memoirs of his life as a lover and adventurer he was almost 75 years old. This is the correct age to write your memoirs… 970 words

The Visit by Basil

The night was cold and dark. In the distance, I could just make out the dim light of the approaching train as it lit up the wide-spaced tracks… Would Stephan be on the train?.. 614 words

Literary Cookbooks by Basil

Oh dear! I wish cookbooks on the art of writing a short story or novel were more like the culinary ones sitting on my kitchen fridge!… 1581 words

Early Days by Basil

My mum, bless her heart, had really wanted a girl, and when I popped into the world, I was hardly welcome… 1207 words

The Art of Disappearing by Basil

The art of disappearing / It is an art, we’re told / an ever more escaping grasp of things: / Something is always about to happen… 144 words

Naming the Baby by Basil

Let’s see now / If a girl / How about Amber or Chloe / They’re precious and rather classical… 93 words

Carpe Diem by Basil

Come live with me and be my love, / And help me write this little essay, / Let us all the pleasures prove, / Of pen and ink, Plasto and Tippex, / and keyboard taps, deletes, backspaces. / Let’s taste… 155 words