For moderns – for us – there is something illicit, it seems, about wasted time, the empty hours of contemplation when a thought unfurls, figures of speech budding and blossoming, articulation drifting like spent petals...

By definition, a ‘Sisterchick’ is a ‘friend who shares the deepest wonders of your heart, loves you like a sister, and gives you a reality check when you’re being a brat.