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I bring books to botanic gardens. Sitting on a bench under the hanging branches of this tree, reading “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie, breathing in the fragrant, humid air of the greenhouse – for a moment fooling myself that I could be in an exotic place about to go on an adventure. Escapism, I guess, in a way – but what is wrong with that when it makes your heart beat slower and your breathing suddenly feel lighter. I believe in the calm of a leaf. And the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh has leaves in plenty.
Photo: In a greenhouse, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2017. Posted on Instagram November 10, 2020.
Katja Malmborg 