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Words and Civilisation: “I don’t want to get involved”
A friend and I were walking down the street and saw a woman sitting on a doorstep, crying her eyes out. “Don’t get involved,” said my friend, picking up the pace. A few steps further, I let my friend go … Continue reading
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Tagged involved, katherine gregor, life, right, scribe doll, society, values, words, wrong
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The Temple Church
As a rule, I feel uncomfortable at church services. It is not that I have an issue with God, or with churches per se. I believe in God, and like most churches built at least 500 years ago. It is … Continue reading
Yekaterina Gregoryán – My Grandmother
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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Tagged armenian, grandmother, history, katherine gregor, life, scribedoll, soviet union
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Odds & Ends: ‘Hushabye Mountain’
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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Tagged bret jones, childhood, chitty chitty bang bang, hushabye mountain, katherine gregor, life, lullaby, memories, music, news, scribedoll, sherman brothers
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Words and Civilisation: Coffee Language (Part 2)
For Part 1, please click here. It had been a long day and a late night awaited so, at about five, I ventured into a Central London Starbucks. “Tall, half-shot, wet latte,” I ordered, using the company’s recognised terminology with … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, coffee, food, katherine gregor, life, privacy, scribedoll
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Words and Civilisation: “Laid-Back”
“Oh, don’t worry,” my friends say about someone I have yet to meet, “he’s very laid-back.” Little do they know that that is when I start worrying. Describe somebody as “laid-back” and I have an inner reaction of tension, irritability … Continue reading
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Tagged formality, informality, katherine gregor, laid-back, life, musings, punctuality, respect, rules, scribedoll
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Pet Hates: Mean-Spirited Favours
There are favours for which you are sincerely grateful. Favours which come as rain upon the desert, or a hot salt bath when all your muscles are aching. Then there are favours which are a pain in the far South … Continue reading
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Tagged favours, generosity, katherine gregor, life, musings, scribedoll, thoughts
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Pet Hates: By E-Mail
Number One: The CC option. At the risk of upsetting many of my friends and acquaintances, I simply have to voice this. Why do so many people find it so difficult to grasp the concept of the BCC option? … Continue reading
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Tagged e-mails, katherine gregor, life, musings, scribedoll, thoughts, writing
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Theatre Review: ‘Lucky Stiff’
The show that launched the careers of song-writing musical team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (who went on to write hits such as Ragtime), Lucky Stiff is a manic, madcap, slapstick number with zero plot realism but full marks for … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, landor, lucky stiff, musicals, scribedoll
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Words and Civilisation: My Friend ‘Cox’
I have just acquired a new friend or, perhaps I should say, a new incarnation of an old friend. My old one has retired to a well-earned rest, after ten years of inexhaustible patience and loyalty, his jacket a little … Continue reading
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Tagged books, culture, dictionary, english, French, inspiration, katherine gregor, larousse, life, musings, opinion, oxford english dictionary, scribedoll
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Scribe Doll 