I have this habit of being hungry before I eat. No merit: it's an automatic habit. I, like my father, eat whatever is there. Leftovers, burnt edges, rotten bananas. I cut what's rotten, I eat the rest. No merit: that's what he taught me to…

Yesterday, I swam for the first time this year. When I got in, the water was freezing and that was to be expected. The news is that for once I didn't mind the cold. You heard me well. I dealt with the cold like I deal with thoughts nowaday…