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Volume 7

Cut

Cut

Sarah becomes a film editor

 Give it up: the Folly of Doggedness

Give it up: the Folly of Doggedness

Silent Slippage

The Boardwalk

The Boardwalk

Lessons in the Sand

The Extra Head

The Extra Head

A Tiresome Appendage

Desperate

Desperate

The Power of Stones

The Southern Wind

The Southern Wind

The God of Autumn

The Caul

The Caul

Saved from drowning

Mid Summer's Eve

Mid Summer's Eve

Nothing is all of a piece

Silver Lining

Silver Lining

Firing the Canon

The Culture of Gossip

The Culture of Gossip

These walls can talk

Fly Away

Fly Away

Sarah thinks of Leda and the Swan

Negentropy

Negentropy

Order can be duller than Chaos

Dancing

Dancing

Music at midnight

Gap

Gap

The unexplained moments

Open Wide, Please

Open Wide, Please

The Keeper of the Tooth

Anxiety

Anxiety

The Benefits of Worrying.

Plucked

Plucked

Failure is Good.

The Egg

The Egg

Something That Heals

The Vivarium

The Vivarium

Kissing the Toad

Untrue

Untrue

Are memories real?

Repetition

Repetition

Stepping off the wheel

The Drawing Board

The Drawing Board

The building that knows its own mind.

The Faun

The Faun

Part-human and part-goat

The Calendar

The Calendar

Happy New Year!

Turning Point

Turning Point

The Wind of Change

The Red String

The Red String

Tied by a cord

The Aquarium

The Aquarium

The glass is thick

Auvers-sur-L'Oise

Auvers-sur-L'Oise

Starry, starry day

Impossible

Impossible

Flying pigs are no fun

Like I Said

Like I Said

Body Language.

Scratch That

Scratch That

A Little Too Competitive

Disavowal

Disavowal

Sarah learns wisdom from an octopus who appears in her sink

The Magic Thatch

The Magic Thatch

Straw can be Wilful

Mellification

Mellification

A life-giving sweetness

Quilting

Quilting

The lost mother in the forest

Strength and Weakness

Strength and Weakness

In Praise of Weakness

The Clearing

The Clearing

The Magic Stag

Splintering

Splintering

The voice from the open window

 Making a Scene

Making a Scene

Letting it All Hang Out

Solitaire

Solitaire

Playing cards is a serious matter

Hampshire flint

Hampshire flint

Walls have doors

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