What joy – last week I received a letter in the post! A proper letter, that is, not a bill or bank statement or information about higher insurance premiums. A long letter appears more caring and committed, and, unlike emails, is less likely to have been sent as a late-night, ill-considered missive which you then regret. A long email immediately seems tedious and is horribly tempting to speed-read. They are far too common rather than an event, and often read as we are on the move on our smartphone and trying to double-task. The opening of the envelope, the first glance to see that it was more than a few scrawled lines, the settling down to read the crisp, thick pages.Įmails are simply not the same. It was an entirely different experience to getting an email and so much more pleasurable. Not a couple of sentences on the back of a pretty postcard but three pages of double-sided handwriting from an ex-colleague of mine. Mixed-gender changing rooms are frightful, just like mixed- gender loos Although after the past few weeks, she might consider it more jinx than genie. Perhaps Liz regards the necklace as an amulet and doesn’t want to run the risk of it going missing. Which is why I always lose my most expensive, rarely worn pieces – taken off after a party or to do the washing-up – rather than the everyday stuff worn more frequently. Once I take off any jewellery, I stand a 75 per cent chance of losing it. I don’t keep them permanently about me because I think they look so wonderful, nor for emotional reasons about the donor, but because I have become superstitious about them. I have worn a small gold ring, a gift from my godmother, and a silver Navajo American Indian bracelet, a gift from a man, since my teens. And, make no mistake, that’s probably where any similarities end. Having jewellery that we never take off is a practice that we share. Of course, jewellery is more about the emotional value than the cost of it, which is why that necklace is one of the few things about Liz Truss that I feel I can identify with. The necklace is thought to have been a gift from her husband, but nobody seems to know where it was bought, or indeed, how valuable it might be.
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