The Voluptuous Manifesto
All work and no play makes Jill a very dull girl
Friday, 30 October 2020
Musical pleasures for a classical Halloween
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As we near Halloween – and indeed, All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, which are heavily linked to the Gaelic Samhain, with its Celtic pagan o...
Saturday, 24 October 2020
A Secret Garden for our age
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In 2019 BC (Before COVID) when The Other Half and I were still regularly visiting the cinema on our way home from work on a Friday, we had a...
Sunday, 4 October 2020
Flights of glorious nature writing
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In May 2018, on a brief sojourn to Margate as part of my extended recuperation following cancer surgery, The Other Half and I found ourselve...
Sunday, 23 August 2020
Born to run – or possibly not?
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Unlike Joe Biden, I don’t have a running mate. But then, I haven’t run since around – oh, 1986 – and nobody has been waiting around for m...
Monday, 29 June 2020
Literary joys in lockdown
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Lockdown has been tough for everyone, but from a personal perspective, one of its few high notes thus far has been that I have been readi...
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Summer solstice … bone and stone and feather
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Rosary Bone and stone and feather Leaf and stick and shell, Scent of purple heather Sound of ocean swell. ...
Friday, 5 June 2020
Freedom Bid
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A budgie, pretty in lilac, cream and brown Perches on the trellis, Glancing all around and seemingly Unafraid...
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