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Sweet, or soft?

Posted on October 23, 2017 by memoirsofahusk

Updated again (more haste less speed)… I’m posting a couple of pictures today, as a vehicle for telling you I’m going to hibernate from blogging  – and reading other bloggers’ words – for the next two weeks or so. I … Continue reading →

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More things in heaven and earth

Posted on March 15, 2017 by memoirsofahusk

Last Saturday, early in the afternoon, I stood before a cottage window, gazing across a wide valley. Filtered through mist, great hills rose and fell, like whales caught in freeze frame, arcing from a hazy sea. Below the window, mere … Continue reading →

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MANY, many thanks to those of you who read and made such kind comments on my 2016 Christmas story, A Tale of Old Mistress Winter. I do indeed, as some of you suggested, hope to publish it ‘properly’ in some … Continue reading →

Posted on January 3, 2017 by memoirsofahusk | 5 Comments

The short route

Posted on May 17, 2016 by memoirsofahusk

Saturday morning. 6.40 am. Birds are chirruping, the sun has got his hat on, the sky’s forget-me-not blue. Try as I might, I can’t pretend I’m sleeping. I give up, get up and prepare for a weekend jaunt. Queen Street … Continue reading →

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Of Rats and Men. Of Cabaret, Camus – and Ben

Posted on November 20, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

It’s a risk you take when you marry an academic – having worrying conversations over dinner. I married an anthropologist. But it doesn’t really matter what his discipline is, as far as chit-chat is concerned. Because his daily toil exposes … Continue reading →

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Happy and sad and Caitlin Moran

Posted on September 19, 2015 by memoirsofahusk

1. Happy She’s done something terrific, Caitlin Moran – well, with a few other high-profile people. The campaign #helpiscoming is raising money for Save the Children. That’s fantastic. Ms Moran mentions, in her column in today’s Times magazine (behind a … Continue reading →

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Walking with Tess ‘on this journey called life’

Posted on December 4, 2014 by memoirsofahusk

Not many people understand it when you start wondering if you should become a nun. I’ve only encountered two people in my life with whom I shared this serious experience, who really understood it. One was my long-departed, always missed … Continue reading →

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