they begin their programme of human extermination
under the watchful eyes of three mothers: Mother Morning
she falls in with Mathilde Spalt
as curtains begin to twitch
moved in after Lila's mum died
Notes from an Island - Tove Jansson Publication Date:07/10/2021 they begin their programme ofIn the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunstrm, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless skerry in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, and for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietil, retreated there to live, paint and write, energised by the solitude and shifting seascapes. Notes from an Island, published in English for the first time, is both a chronicle of