Equivocality

I’ve come to the conclusion that most pieces of writing are far longer than they need to be.
This is partially about style, but no one likes long-windedness.

(an old piece, newly exhumed)
I am in Dubai and it is a strange tropical paradise. Russia was killing me, with its winter and its winter people. Here I stepped off the plane and was immediately assailed by warmth and the smell of the ocean. And later, other smells: cooking food, diesel exhaust, the garlic-eating masses. The sun rose this [...]