Arriving home to a heatwave, I open the front door to see the house has swollen in the heat. Remember that scene in Willy Wonka where Violet Beauregarde eats the forbidden gum and turns purple then expands like a blueberry? I buy some fans and am dismayed to learn upon opening the box that I have to assemble them myself. Two days later, a cabbie comes to take me to the train station. But the wheels are falling off faster in 2022 – which is itself an extension of the Christmas/New Year’s liminal zone.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2022 00:42 UTC