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Odds & Ends: In Praise of Food
I was seven years old and auditioning to be the voice of the Russian commercial for an Italian chocolate spread. The director was desperately trying to drag more enthusiasm out of me. “Do you really, really like this chocolate spread?” … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, cuisine, eating, food, gourmet, katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll
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Review: Scandal, Lyres and Audiotape
Take a lyre. Take a harp. Both string instruments, right? Well, not just string instruments. The lyre and the harp have been heroines of the music stage since the dawn of times. Since Orpheus first charmed his way in and … Continue reading
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Tagged clatre goodall, early music, edinburgh fringe, katherine gregor, music, one woman show, rafe beckley, scribe doll
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Odds & Ends: Art or a Naked Emperor?
A ten year-old Italian boy called Federico went to the Tate Modern with his mother. When he saw Damian Hirst’s formaldehyde-pickled cows, he said, “That’s cruel. Why didn’t they allow this calf to grow up and have calves of its … Continue reading
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Tagged art, beauty, katherine gregor, modern art, musings, pleasure, scribe doll, truth, writing
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Odds & Ends: A Nomad to Guard Someone’s Land
My Armenian grandmother, Yekaterina Gregorian, passed away last March, at the age of one hundred. Several years ago, when, blind and almost deaf (but her mind as sharp as a needle), she was moved from my mother’s to a nursing … Continue reading
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Tagged inheritance, katherine gregor, memento, scribe doll, writing
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Odds & Ends: London – Can’t live in it, can’t live out of it.
Ask me if I like London. No, I don’t, would be a frequent answer. Architecturally, I don’t think it’s beautiful. Not as ugly as some other places (no names mentioned) but not a city where you can walk down the … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, languages, life, london, musings, scribe doll, variety, writing
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Odds & Ends: The Generosity of Animals
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a grey wolf ran up to him. “What is the matter, Tzarevitch Ivan?” asked the wolf. “Why so downhearted?” “Grey wolf, I have lost my trusted steed.” “It is I who ate your steed… And now … Continue reading
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Tagged abruzzo, animals, cats, fairy tales, fire bird, katherine gregor, musings, nature, ravens, scribe doll, swans, wolves, writings
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Odds & Ends: A Mother-in-Law to Smash all Stereotypes
When I was getting a divorce, twelve years ago, my mother-in-law said, “I want you and I to remain friends.” I muttered some polite platitude in return. Friends with the mother of the man with whom I was engaged in … Continue reading
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Tagged family, katherine gregor, life, mother-in-law, musings, relationships, scribe doll, women, writing
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Theatre Review: While the Sun Shines
It is a crying shame that this production is on for only a week, or I would go and see it again. Terence Rattigan’s 1943 comedy is a farce involving the usual premise of mistaken identity and romantic complications, but … Continue reading
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Tagged giant olive, katherine gregor, lion and unicorn theatre, scribe doll, terence rattigan, while the sun shines
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Odds & Ends: My Adventures in Twitter
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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Tagged katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll, tweeting, twitter, writing
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Odds & Ends: Showbiz Party*
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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Tagged actors, katherine gregor, life, networking, party, scribe doll, showbiz, theatre, writing
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