The light is softly, warmly entering through the slits of the windows.
He has his own sound, the elusive target of any serious young improviser: his timbre on tenor is darkly shaded and often bone-dry, but warmly expressive through the entirety of his range.
The Spaniard is a hugely popular figure out here and the crowd applauds warmly as he coasts through a love game of his own.
"Buddy" warmly describes long walks through particularly beautiful parts of Boston, a nightly hour spent à deux on the front stoop outside Mr. McGrory's home and an endless array of Harry's enchantingly doggy characteristics.
Julia, who asked that her last name not be used, greeted Brewer warmly and led her through her garage and into a spacious living area, where 20 or so women were milling about, drinking wine and plunging crackers into cheese balls and chips into trays of Tex-Mex.
A little unsurprising bashfulness was also exhibited by some of the just-met amateur players on Saturday's Make it/Break it gig too, but their helmsman, the acclaimed Leeds guitarist and bandleader Chris Sharkey, coaxed them through a warmly tractable mix of vocal chanting, swelling chords, earthy percussion grooves, some pithy solos and some well-disposed audience participation.
Lundqvist and Holtby, sensational throughout, embraced warmly, recognizing what each went through in the series.
It has all the trappings of a local watering hole, but one that warmly welcomes anyone who walks through the door.
And between them is a shorter eight-sided jar, cherished for its signs of use and aging; around its foot, the jar's warmly yellow clay has worn through the glaze, each patch serendipitously accented by an indolently curving crack.
