Inspired by the visit of a fox in my garden and my love for Isabel Dahlousie series...
I wrote the following post...
Brother Fox... is a fox visiting often Isabel Dalhousie`s backyard in Edinburgh.
She is a philosopher, a kind and thinking human being, incredibly interested in life and other people.
She is in love with a man 15 years younger than her, she drives a little Swedish car and she has a tendency to get involved in things she has nothing to do with, things that give her more to think about.
I like her. And I like a lot of the things she likes.
Edinburgh and Scotland. Auden. Brother Fox.
I like the way she thinks and the way she talks the words of a language that suits its landscape.
I like the fact that she wants to treat everyone... as if it`s their last day, and while you know that, they don`t.
And that she means that our small possessions... can say so much about vulnerability.
She is the result of Alexander McCall Smith`s fantasy but still I see her as a friend
...if people spoke of books as friends- which they so often were- then could they say the same of an electronic file?
I don`t think so Isabel.
And you know something? I did see a Fox the other day!
I just stand there, on my veranda, with my cup of coffee on my hands and looked at this wonderful creature, until it found its way back to the forest.
And yes it had something to do with beauty.
Have you ever been a friend with a book or a book hero?
Which one? And why?
