I'm still in touch with the girl from Seattle with whom I
went out on a couple of dates. I'm using letters, emails and texts to um...
Correspond? Converse? Flirt? Court? Pester?
When I wrote to her I mentioned in my letter a few albums
that are dear to me. Her reply not only included a list of albums that she
thought I might like to listen to, but a copy of her debut album with a
personal dedication.
In the text message chit chat she - unlike I - has never
said anything so stupid as "You should feel like a princess, each one of
these texts costs 25p"
I emailed her on her birthday and her reply came back
with the alacrity of a ping pong ball. It was long, heartfelt and touching, and
the email footer is fantastic. It has a pair of quotes by Williams Blake and
Shakespeare, both funny and poetic in their own right, both seemingly written
about her.
It's not a competition, but she's clearly winning.
Richard “but she does write with a ball-point” B