The Book Trunk

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  • Cycling Adventures

    A bicycle  drawn by Rosalind Blisson the front of Ten Poems About Bicycles Here, somewhat belatedly, is a blog about bicycles. It’s by way of being a thank you to Lynne, at Dove Grey Reader, who pulled my name from… Continue reading

  • Mad Wife With a Hidden Past

    The cover  of  an edition published in 1900. Murder, madness, bigamy, false identity, a fake death and a missing man… the events in Victorian shocker Lady Audley’s Secret, could just as easily be found on the front page of a modern… Continue reading

  • The Power of Words

    OK, today is Thursday, and I have decided Thursday is for Thoughts on vaguely bookish things. Last week I posted a picture of a bookworm. This week it’s a poem by Carl Sandburg, Little Girl, Be Careful What You Say,… Continue reading

  • Ships,Storms and Sea-Sickness

     I am the world’s worst traveller. I starve myself before any journey and set off for my destination armed with prescription travel tablets and wrist bands, and I am still ill. Anything involving water is worst of all – oceans,… Continue reading

  • A Book-worm and his Book

    I spotted this little green book-worm, engrossed in his book, in a bookshop at Ledbury when I was visiting my mother, and I couldn’t resist. Entitled Book Worm (what else could it possibly be called?), the picture is reproduced from… Continue reading