Tag Archives: life

Pet Hates: Mean-Spirited Favours

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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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Pet Hates: By E-Mail

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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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Words and Civilisation: My Friend ‘Cox’

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Scribe Doll

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 →

Posted in Words and Civilisation | Tagged books, culture, dictionary, english, French, inspiration, katherine gregor, larousse, life, musings, opinion, oxford english dictionary, scribedoll | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged american accent.english accent, cambridge, katherine gregor, king's college, la boheme, life, music, musings, sarcasm, scribedoll, sound of music | 20 Comments