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Gunpowder Plot
Not having written anything for a week, I think I’ve forgotten how to do it, so forgive me if this post doesn’t pan out quite as planned! I’ve been at my mother’s again, as she is still not well, and everything else seems to have gone by the board. However, I returned home to find…
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A House on Stilts
Ledbury, in Herefordshire, is one one of those beautiful, historic, little towns where everything in the town centre seems to be hundreds of years old. It’s where my mother lives, so while she was ill and I was looking after her I took the chance to wander around and take some new photographs, since most…
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Kilmeny of the Orchard
Kilmeny had been, she knew not where, And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare; Kilmeny had been where the cock never crew, Where the rain never fell, and the wind never blew. That’s the only bit I can ever remember from James Hogg’s spooky poem ‘Kilmeny’, but I’ve always loved its haunting quality.…
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October Reading – and Writing!
To celebrate the start of October, hereis the the illustration for the month fromthe Duc de Berry’s Book of Hours, whichwas created in the 15th century. Well, October is upon us, and what with holidays, various trips, visits from my Mother and Elder Daughter, outings with Younger Daughter, computer problems, and then mum being ill,…
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Saturday Flowers!
I know it is Sunday, and I should not have a Saturday Snapshot, but in some parts of the globe (like American Samoa and Hawaii) I believe it is still yesterday, which makes this post OK!Anyway, this week’s Snapshot is very brief (as well as being very late) because my mother is ill, and I am…
The Book Trunk 