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Sighting the Whales
A print version of the book, publishedby Sort Of Books. According to the Oxford Dictionary a sightline (or sight-line, or even sight line) is a ‘straight line extending from the eye of a spectator to an object or area being watched ‘, but in Sightlines, Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie takes a look at landscapes many…
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Autumn Floods
The bench , trees and lamp show where the bank usually is. I seem to have had one of those weeks where I haven’t really felt like doing much, and curling up with a book seemed much the best option to pass the time, so I haven’t got round to writing anything for several days. But…
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Lolly Willowes
Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s first novel, is a quite extraordinary story of a woman who sells her soul to the Devil and finds her true self by becoming a witch. Let me start by saying that Laura Willowes – the Lolly of the title – may confound your expectations of witchery. She wouldn’t dream…
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Saturday Stitchery!
This week’s Saturday Snapshot is a kind of follow-up on Alyce’s photos of peacocks last week, because they reminded me that I once did a little peacock embroidery, using blue and green shiny threads, and beads, and a variety of stitches, including eyelet stitch, straight stitch, Rhodes stitch and herringbone. I bought the design and instructions at…
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sometimes, when you love a book, it is quite difficult to write about it, especially when lots of other people have already said lots of terribly clever and erudite things – and Miss Pettigrew Livesfor a Day is just such novel. Written by Winifred Watson, it’s a charming fairy tale, funny and light-hearted, with a…
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