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An Enjoyable Page Turner is Tremendous Fun
“She gripped the rubber bulb with her left hand and heard a slight crackle as light tripped through the one hundred and twenty light bulbs on her dress and the fifty in her diadem. It was as if a firework… Continue reading
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Dickens and Daughter
I had my week all planned, but my mother has been ill, and I have been with her. Thankfully, she is much better, so I’m back home, it’s catch-up time on the computer, and I’m posting a piece I was… Continue reading
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Tigers, Dragons – and Cannibalism
“I was born twice. First in a wooden room that jutted out over the black water of the Thames, and then again eight years later in the Highway, when the tiger took me in his mouth and everything truly began.”… Continue reading
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Looking Back and Stretching Ahead
Well, Christmas is over and another year has begun, so it’s time to review the last 12 months and make resolutions for the future. Looking back, it’s taken me a while to get the blog up and running, in a… Continue reading
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Abandoning Baking for Books
Imagine a travelling bookshop: a horse-drawn caravan where the outer walls fold down to reveal shelves lined with books. Imagine the owner: a little man with a red beard, a bald head, and a missionary zeal to bring his own… Continue reading
The Book Trunk 