Nursing a stiff back necessitates a temporary imprisonment. And a view restricted to one window. But what a view. The

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Nellikai. Tiny awla. Amla. Gooseberries. Starberries. Mouth-puckering sourness. The last time I ate one was forty years ago. We lived