Author Archives: Scribe Doll
Odds & Ends: A Nomad to Guard Someone’s Land
My Armenian grandmother, Yekaterina Gregorian, passed away last March, at the age of one hundred. Several years ago, when, blind and almost deaf (but her mind as sharp as a needle), she was moved from my mother’s to a nursing … Continue reading
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Tagged inheritance, katherine gregor, memento, scribe doll, writing
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Odds & Ends: London – Can’t live in it, can’t live out of it.
Ask me if I like London. No, I don’t, would be a frequent answer. Architecturally, I don’t think it’s beautiful. Not as ugly as some other places (no names mentioned) but not a city where you can walk down the … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, languages, life, london, musings, scribe doll, variety, writing
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Odds & Ends: The Generosity of Animals
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a grey wolf ran up to him. “What is the matter, Tzarevitch Ivan?” asked the wolf. “Why so downhearted?” “Grey wolf, I have lost my trusted steed.” “It is I who ate your steed… And now … Continue reading
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Tagged abruzzo, animals, cats, fairy tales, fire bird, katherine gregor, musings, nature, ravens, scribe doll, swans, wolves, writings
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Odds & Ends: A Mother-in-Law to Smash all Stereotypes
When I was getting a divorce, twelve years ago, my mother-in-law said, “I want you and I to remain friends.” I muttered some polite platitude in return. Friends with the mother of the man with whom I was engaged in … Continue reading
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Tagged family, katherine gregor, life, mother-in-law, musings, relationships, scribe doll, women, writing
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Theatre Review: While the Sun Shines
It is a crying shame that this production is on for only a week, or I would go and see it again. Terence Rattigan’s 1943 comedy is a farce involving the usual premise of mistaken identity and romantic complications, but … Continue reading
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Tagged giant olive, katherine gregor, lion and unicorn theatre, scribe doll, terence rattigan, while the sun shines
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Odds & Ends: My Adventures in Twitter
Beginnings: I signed up to Twitter a few days before Christmas. It seemed like a low-maintenance way of promoting my writing electronically. As usual, I needed someone to show me. Not that the instructions were complicated – on the contrary. I … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll, tweeting, twitter, writing
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Odds & Ends: Showbiz Party*
The Scene: a bar Props: nibbles and alcoholic drinks (white wine with a soupçon of ammonia, red wine with a bouquet of vinaigre, or champagne à la bicarbonate) . Sound Effects: Near hysterical laughter and raised, sometimes high-pitched voices with … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, katherine gregor, life, networking, party, scribe doll, showbiz, theatre, writing
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Odds & Ends: Diamond Jubilee
All right, so I’m a spoilsport. I had planned to spend today hiding in my flat, and catching the River Pageant on the television news. I just have never been a fan of crowded, public celebrations of anything. I still … Continue reading
What Made Me Start Writing
“I think you’ll be a writer and a teacher, when you grow up,” said my grandmother, when I was about eleven. To this day, I do not know what made her see that in me. Still, when I got divorced, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, katherine gregor.scribe doll, Nice Conservatoire, writing
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Odds & Ends: English Houses
English houses are an infuriating combination of the cosy and the absurd. There are few pleasures comparable to walking home down a street lined with traditional-looking English houses. Diminutive in height, sloped roofs as observation decks for modulating blackbirds and … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, english houses, katherine gregor, observations, scribe doll
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