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Odds & Ends: Diamond Jubilee
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
Odds & Ends: English Houses
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
Posted in Half-English Observations
Tagged architecture, english houses, katherine gregor, observations, scribe doll
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Odds & Ends: Tristan and Iseut
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
Posted in Odds & Ends
Tagged academie francaise, celtic legends, french literature, iseut, isolde, joseph bedier, katherine gregor, love, mediaeval french, scribe doll, tristan
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BBC Radio 4
My Sound Sculpture feature on crows on the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, broadcast on 14 January 2012.
Odds & Ends: The Silence Experiment
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
Posted in Odds & Ends
Tagged empowerment, health, katherine gregor, scribe doll, silence, talk, thoughts, wisdom, wit
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Odds & Ends: Rain
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
Odds & Ends: Illness as a Friend
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
Posted in Odds & Ends
Tagged dis-ease, health, herbs, illness, instinct, katherine gregor, scribe doll
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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
Posted in Words and Civilisation
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
Double Standards: 7 Inconsistencies for the First Week of the Year
Saturday: The country is being squeezed by financial cuts. Child poverty is rising sharply. The rate of unemployment is high. The cost of living is escalating while salaries are dropping. Yet, last Saturday, a six-figure sum (I could not find … Continue reading
Posted in Double Standards
Tagged adoption, bank loans, carrion, crows, fares up, inconsistencies, katherine gregor, krylov, la fontaine, london transport, magpies, scribe doll, scribedoll, wasting food
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Scribe Doll 