We spent the last four days at a horse show in Del Mar with Minky. I dream of retiring to Del Mar, with its beaches, pine trees, hippy cafes and book shops. Quite brilliantly, I managed to lose my iPhone for about 36 hours which forced me to unhook from the grid. Initially panic set in, but then an overwhelming sense of calm. No more jittery checking of email or twittering every move. Just the blissful sense of being at one with and happy in the world. I'm not sure I was delighted when the phone was retrieved. Would it be very outre or retro to have just a phone phone? Am sorely tempted.
Today is 17. Mai, Norwegian National Day, the day when Norway gained its independence from Sweden, and a day celebrated quite ferociously by everyone living in that small country. My mother has put up Norwegian flags at her house in England, my cousins are no doubt eating herrings and blotkake, and all over the United States, from San Francisco to Minneapolis to Brooklyn, Norges are celebrating. I've brought down Andreas Viestad's book Kitchen of Light from its shelf, so that we can have a celebratory supper. Quite perfectly, it's raining here in LA and everything smells fresh and wet, like Norway.
An unexpected pleasure at the horse show was running into, quite by chance, Minky's old pony, Moon Pie who has miraculously transformed himself into a little jumper pony called Pegasus. His rider is a ten year old girl called Jackie. He was standing by the pony ring with his groom when we spotted him. He recognized Minks first, pricked up his ears, mumbled something and then covered our hands in licks and nuzzles and love. Finally we walked away, behind some temporary stalls away from the crowds, and cried our eyes out. (He's the cute grey pony in the middle & with his new little girl, below).
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