Tag Archives: community

Memories, murders and riots (a longish one, sorry)

Posted on August 2, 2024 by memoirsofahusk

Listening to Delius’ A Walk to the Paradise Garden on the wonderful BBC Radio 3. This evocative piece of music transports me, on a wave of that curious emotion which combines joy, wonder, rapture with a sad awareness that things … Continue reading →

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What price downmarket pizza?

Posted on December 9, 2014 by memoirsofahusk

In a (downmarket) supermarket the other day I overheard a comment which shamed me. It shamed me because I have the luxury of being a person of extremes when it comes to shopping for food. Now and again, anyway. Most … Continue reading →

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Small town, big lives

Posted on March 25, 2013 by memoirsofahusk

Snow has etched white lines into the wet, dark furrows in the fields. Spring is shivering underground, hiding under bark, cowering inside buds, slowed almost to a halt by the bitter winds from the east and the fallen, frozen flakes. … Continue reading →

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