Category Archives: Odds & Ends

Odds & Ends: The Silence Experiment

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Scribe Doll

I am recovering from a drawn out case of laryngitis.  During this time, there was one particular day when I could not speak.  My throat hurt too much.  Because I am currently between jobs, I was able to indulge the … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Rain

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Scribe Doll

I love the rain.  We had a few thunderstorms, last week.  One afternoon, just as I lighting sparked into my room and I heard the thunder drumroll, I grabbed my mac, and rushed out into the street, towards the Thames.  … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Illness as a Friend

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Scribe Doll

I am unwell, and beginning to enjoy it.  For one thing, it is giving me time to think.  No, I am not mad.  It is like observing a student being taught a difficult but valuable lesson.  The student throws a … Continue reading →

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Yekaterina Gregoryán – My Grandmother

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Scribe Doll

My grandmother had nerves of steel.  My mother and I used to joke that if anyone were ever to tell her there was an imminent nuclear attack, she would purse her lips in that way she did when considering various … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: ‘Hushabye Mountain’

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Scribe Doll

As many of you will have heard, Robert B. Sherman passed away, last week, aged 86.  With his brother Richard M. Sherman, he wrote songs for films many of us will remember from their childhood, such as – among others – … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: A Green Pillar Candle

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Scribe Doll

I am warming my stiffened fingers on the green pillar candle on my desk.  Forest green.    I bought it from Robert Sayle’s.  The flame is dancing on the sloped ceiling of my attic room.  The East Anglian wind is … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: New Year’s Eve

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Scribe Doll

When I was nine years old, and we were living in Nice, I would sit by the window, in my pyjamas, and watch the neighbours leave home to go to various New Year’s Eve festivities.  The men all wore black … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Christmas Eve (Claws Sheathed – Promise!)

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Scribe Doll

My Russian-Armenian grandmother celebrated on Christmas Eve.  That was when she served the special dinner, after which presents were unwrapped.  Christmas Eve was also full of mystery and magic.  It was when Gogol’s witch flew out on her broomstick, plucking … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Commitment – Just a Couple of Thoughts

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Scribe Doll

I have an issue with commitment – or, rather, the lack of it around me.  That is, commitment as I define it.   More often than not, we equal commitment with promise; with the ability to stick things out.   … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends: Autumn

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Scribe Doll

  It is one of my favourite days of the year.  The day the clocks finally go back to a user-friendly time, as far as I am concerned.  My reward for the annual body shock I am submitted to by … Continue reading →

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