Tag Archives: katherine gregor

Odds & Ends: My Adventures in Twitter

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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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Odds & Ends: Showbiz Party*

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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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Odds & Ends: Diamond Jubilee

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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 →

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Odds & Ends: English Houses

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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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Odds & Ends: Tristan and Iseut

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Scribe Doll

It was a book with a dark blue cover, with a ghostly picture of a Mediaeval ship, in a paler blue and grey, on the front.  My mother had brought it for me from the local library, in Nice, as … Continue reading →

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Pet Hates: Ethnic Monitoring Forms

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Scribe Doll

Join a library, apply for a job or submit a play for a competition.  More often than not, you will have to fill one in.  Apparently, their purpose is to guarantee an equal distribution of opportunities among ethnic backgrounds.  Does … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 4

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Scribe Doll

My Sound Sculpture feature on crows on the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, broadcast on 14 January 2012.

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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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