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I was on holiday last week and missed the discussion on SNAPSHOTS. Anyway I did write quite a lot last week and the piece marked Snapshot 1 would have been my sub if I had been able to sub it. Snapshot 2 is below. Snapshot 1 Away from home we turn our vision outward don't see the flaws a holiday renews commitment for a while makes fuck sweat nights steam while mobile home rocks to the sound of old tunes and new ideas Snapshot 2 Tuesday - 21st August 2001 - 1 pm tiny ice crystals fill the mackerel sky with cirrocumulus and build toward a storm later on the river ships pipe 1 pm. brief crepuscular sunlight lightens the rooftops of the nearby houses and I listen watch feel for the first drops of rain as the clothes on the washing line billow in a freshening breeze the dogs can sense the storm and hide somewhere indoors while the garden mower stands unmoving I watch from the patio doors cup of tea in one hand microphone in the other it is 1.05 and I can feel the first drops of rain