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Gimme Me Some Snow After Midnight…


Frankly, any time of the day will do, for as long as I don’t see it raining again. This is what it looked like in the Lake District another day.

I would happily go to the Lake District, had I not gone down with a cold. I’ve only got a sore throat so far, and hopefully it won’t go any further. Then, of course, it’s developed overnight, so I’m open to all scenarios. Strangely, though, I’d rather prefer to stay in bed, watching snow falling, instead of listening to the rain.

I’m taking some medicine, a lot of honey, and later in the evening it will be time for some hot milk. It’s amazing, how things have changed over the years. When I was in Russia, I absolutely hated milky tea and hot milk. These days I drink milky tea, and hot milk with honey has become the favourite treatment against cold. In fact, when I went to London recently and had a lunch there, the dialogue with the waiter went, as follows:

Me: Could I please have apple pie and tea with milk?
Waiter: Ok. [Memorises and repeats, to make sure] So, it’s apple pie and milk with tea, yes?
Me: Yes, it’s tea with milk.

Better yet, there’s a cafe at the shopping centre not far from where I live. It’s owned by a guy who looks a typical Italian, but in fact is half-Yugoslavian and half-Chinese. They make a delicious lemon tea there, but always serve it to me with a milk pot. Obviously, I don’t use it, but I wonder, if anyone would actually have milk in lemon tea?

Anyway, I’m just writing this to say that I’ll now retreat to bed where I’ll continue to battle this flu and also to read Big Sur and The Oranges of Hieronimus Bosch, and, hopefully, I’ll be back in time to wish you all a happy New Year. Hopefully, as well, I won’t have flu by then.

[The photo is courtesy of Tony Richards at www.lakelandcam.co.uk].

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