Taking Tea at Torcross

On an English afternoon Beatrice and Edward were taking tea at an outdoor café in the coastal village of Torcross

The day was cool with an easterly breeze

On the deep horizon two schooners were passing

Out of Estonia

Edwards was watching them through his binoculars

Beatrice was writing in a red notebook

Those schooners are bound for the Azores you know

I think not

Why?

Because they have just travelled from the Azores

Then why are they travelling in a westerly direction?

All schooners travel in a westerly direction it is the first rule of the sea

I cannot say I agree with that

 

The Polish Projectionist

Invited me into the projection room at his cinema

I inspected the equipment

And noted that it was in fine working order

The projectionist invited me to meet his family

It was only when we were driving through the cornfields near his home that I discovered that I had left my sandals at the cinema

We returned to Tallinn where I retrieved my footwear

Later in the afternoon I met his family

He had a son and two daughters

One of his daughters was only three inches high

Although she had obviously reached maturity

 

The Wonders of the Machine

Yellow lichens

Turning orange

Denote maturity

Henry informed me of this fact

As we travelled towards Tallinn

In his speedboat

He was wearing white jeans and a pale blue shirt

Marie was sunbathing next to me

She was reading a book

It was called

The Wonders of the Machine