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New Year’s Eve

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Scribe Doll

A tower of books is rising in the corridor, taller, wonkier by the minute, until it comes tumbling down.  I scoop the books into several plastic bags.  They’re going to Oxfam.  Books I no longer like.  Books I don’t care … Continue reading →

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Welcoming In The New Year*

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Scribe Doll

Raid all the cupboards and drawers.  Throw into the charity shop bag anything you no longer want, toss into the bin liner anything nobody would want.  Make room for the beautiful, the useful, the new. Vacuum the carpets, remove the … 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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