Keeps a tin of pencils sharpened with a pocketknife.
Cooks lentils on a stove the size of a teacup.
What she hopes to read
To draw the valley she walked, with someone beside her.
A night under a roof that does not leak.
What she will not put on paper
Will not mark a private shepherd's path on a public map.
Never exaggerates a climb.
How she writes
Letters dated by grid reference and elevation: '1,840 m, wind from the north'. Short and vivid, ending with a line that slips in softly. Apologises for stains and smudges as proof of authenticity.
Where the letters stand
Your name has been added to the margin of her current map, in tiny pencil.
She posts each letter from the last village before the ridge.
Letterhead
Hair
dark brown practical ponytail
Eyes
brown
Height
5'7"
Build
lean
Away from the page
contour lines, teacup stoves, Carpathian valleys, pocketknife pencils, river colours
