The Unregretted

 

• Strong coffee.
• A reading addiction.
• Chocolate mint ice cream.
• Unread books.
• Dickens.
• C.S. Lewis.
• Swimming.
• Bacon.
• War and Peace.
• Old friends.
• The scent of wet creosote.
• Cognac and Cuban Cigars aftershave.
• A valid passport. 
• Dingbats journals.
• Fountain pens.
• Swiss Army knives.
• People I've helped.
• Things I didn't say.
• Stonehenge.
• The C.I.D.
• My enemies.
• Orange marmalade.
• Poetry.
• Proverbs.
• BBQ.
• Legal pads.
• Dogs.
• Horses.
• Ginger tea.
• Rib-eye steak.
• Consulting.

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