london diaries pt 2

in and out of cold water

I. Shade

I have coffee at 10:30am with my friend’s mom who is a painter. She asks for good shade so we walk to a café at the edge of the neighborhood.

I ask what to do, and she tells me to go see Cornelia Parker at the Tate Britain. 

And then she says she’ll move back to Amsterdam if Priti Patel ever wins Prime Minister.

II. Choose Love

I decide I miss my m…