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Life

January 13, 2025

The Funeral

On the day of the funeral, snow was falling thickly, blanketing the graves and headstones in a soft white down…

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How to complain

Life

December 5, 2024

How to Complain

I seem to spend a lot of my time nowadays finding out how to complain. I never used to be…

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James by Percival Everett

My Reading List

November 13, 2024

James by Percival Everett

James by Percival Everett is the retelling of a story first published in 1884 – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain…

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Writing

November 7, 2024

Having Writer’s Doubt

I seem to be having a minor attack of writer’s doubt. I am just over halfway through the first draft…

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Coleridge Way, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Life

October 25, 2024

The Kindness of Strangers

“…I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams We should…

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My Reading List Writing

October 10, 2024

Read Carefully

How many times have we seen the imperative ‘read carefully’ on medication instructions or an installation guide? I can only speak…

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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

My Reading List

September 17, 2024

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

I often rue the turning of the final page of a novel, but in this case, the end came long…

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camping

Adventure Life Travel

September 12, 2024

Why Camping is So Addictive

W hen I was in my twenties, camping did not appeal in the slightest. “If I can’t plug my hairdryer…

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The Golden Hall, Vienna

Travel

August 23, 2024

A Stormy Night at the Vienna Mozart Orchestra

It was the night of the Vienna Mozart Orchestra Concert, a night I had been looking forward to ever since…

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LGBTQ+ pedestrian lights in Vienna

Travel

August 13, 2024

Impressions of Vienna

Beginning in Vienna and travelling by train, in early July Jack and I toured three European capital cities. We spent…

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