I don't know how she is as a cook, but her hand-drawn and painted collection of recipes, lain out under glass, is spattered not so much with sauces as with a spillage of thoughts on life, eating – and all the other stuff she's got up to in her long life.
"We are now very concerned that these birds could be at serious risk if they come into contact with the spillage.
On many streets, the trash was neatly contained in wastebaskets, with no spillage, or it had been quickly dispatched by the city, a commercial hauler or a local business improvement district.
The arranged pairs were always left behind, along with miscellaneous spillage: a brand-new platform shoe might lie on its side in a puddle; a well-worn hiking boot might still stand, stalwart as an old dog, on the shattered sidewalk.
But these could take years, or even decades, to bear fruit; and in any case the agreement says nothing about the enhanced safety standards – such as a detailed clean-up plan to deal quickly and effectively with any spillage – that need to be rigorously enforced.
