"Life pulls things out of you. So, if you want to find out what's in you, expose yourself to unaccustomed challenges." ••John Gardner

 "Let's have a coffee" is much more than a figure of speech. It is the invitation to share a perfume that tells of good chatter, of shared secrets and dreams; it is knowing how to enjoy a pleasure that is only apparently frugal, a magical moment in which time suspends.....