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Qi Gong

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Scribe Doll

It’s the same every morning.  I negotiate my way out of bed and, eventually, brave the steep Munchkin stairs and stagger into the kitchen.  I put the kettle on, wait for the first crackling sound and switch it off.  I … Continue reading →

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Yellow

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Scribe Doll

I need yellow in my life. Its unadulterated joy.  Its sunshine.  For me, joy is most definitely yellow.  Not lemony, with a green undertone.  Not a darker shade with a injection of mustard.  Not the distinguished, pale, almost ivory variety.  … Continue reading →

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A Piece of Italy – I Mean Naples – in Notting Hill

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Scribe Doll

Pasquale places cutlery next to my sfogliatella.  Pointedly.  “You Northerners probably eat it with a knife and fork,” he says, deadpan, and strolls to look out of the front door, his hands behind his back. He says Northerner to me, … Continue reading →

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Midnight Cha-Cha-Cha and Tabasco

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Scribe Doll

I am about sixteen.  I wake up in the middle of night.  The sound of distant crunching, faint music and the light spilling into the corridor lure me like the tune of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.  I get out … Continue reading →

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Scriptorium

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Scribe Doll

Some people have studies.  Others dens.  Or offices.  I have a Scriptorium. In our previous home, H. worked in the spare room, and I at the dining table in the living room.  After a while, however, I found it hard … Continue reading →

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Learning to Live in a New House

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Scribe Doll

H. and I moved two months ago.  My fortieth-something move.  That’s not counting packing up the contents of my college room at Durham on the last day of every term, then unpacking it again when term restarted.  No, it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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A Crack in the Viewfinder?

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Scribe Doll

Last year, I was at the Easter Sunday service at Norwich Cathedral with a new acquaintance.  In the distance, I noticed a lady in the congregation whose face was very familiar.  “I think I went to College with her,” I … Continue reading →

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Gender Equality: Women’s Attitudes.

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Scribe Doll

International Women’s Day makes me feel uneasy.  The fact that there should still be a need for it.  For all the leaps and bounds we’ve have made in Europe and other countries since the relatively recent times when women couldn’t … Continue reading →

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For the Old to Fertilise the New

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Scribe Doll

Get a large, strong bag. Clean your home. Wash the floors, Polish the wood, Dust the shelves, Scrub the sink. Then drop all the dirt into the large, strong bag. Walk around your home And collect from the air and … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Scribe Doll

“Once in Royal David’s City Stood a lowly cattle shed”. I hold my breath.  I always find myself holding my breath for the minute or so between the BBC Radio 4 announcer’s voice falling silent and the chorister getting to … Continue reading →

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