I have recently republished my 2007 short story The Kiss: The Story of a Dream on Yahoo! Associated Content. In Chelyabinsk later in September they are going to unveil a monument under the name The Kiss to Chelyabinsk. People from this Southen Ural city have for the first time this year joined the ranks of those who celebrate the World Kiss Day on July 6th.
So, to carry on with this “kissing” theme, here are vintage postcards from the family archive, showing an elegant gentleman and his beloved, erm, kissing in the rye. Last year I was in Essex and couldn’t help walking a few metres in the rye field there. The prickly ears weren’t as romantic as they looked from the distance. Perhaps, rye was softer in those days?