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Silence: an elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Noise, it’s everywhere, isn’t it? Loud machines and vehicles are associated with importance and personal status. It’s even infiltrated our language. The idiom; he/she’s a big noise means someone is an important person. Fire Alarm set too loud Even if … Continue reading
A Ghost Story for #Christmas!
The Haunting of Hill House plays with that numinous area between emotional vulnerabilities and supernatural possession suggesting that we are all, like the Crain family, ‘haunted’ in some way; perhaps by family trauma, relationships that went wrong or wishes that never came to fruition. Continue reading
Coffee, Cake and Furry Friends #catcafe #jippies #haarlem
Haarlem is so close to Amsterdam that Frank and I often go there for a day trip. It’s much more civilised than Amsterdam. The Red Light District there is quite small which means it doesn’t attract the amount of low … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Food, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Cat café, Day trip from Amsterdam, haarlem, Jippies Katten café
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This Little Pig Likes to Frolic #Endthecageage #CIWF
Can I Play Outside? I grew up on a smallholding so the welfare of farm animals has always been an important issue to me. I believe farm animals should live without pain and discomfort and be able to fulfil their … Continue reading
In Praise of #Amsterdam Parks
Well designed and well-kept parks are good for people’s mental and physical health. In Amsterdam we have parks and green spaces in abundance. My favourite park, because it’s less than 100 metres walk away, is the Erasmuspark. When I moved … Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Amsterdam parks, Erasmuspark, Green spaces, Peter Eijking, Rembrandtpark, Taxi1108, Terrasmus, Vondelpark
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Living the Dream Inside a Chocolate Box
Those of you who follow my blog will know that Frank and I enjoy house-sitting and caring for animals. Looking after pets is a big part of the reciprocal agreement between house-sitter and owner. Often feeding the garden birds is … Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Dachshund, Gordon Harker, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Highclere Castle, house-sitting, Labrador, Monxton, pet-sitting, Travel in UK, V&A, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
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Nostalgia and Spitfires in Bewdley
GIs, Tommies, civilians, landgirls and glamorous ladies were out in their glad rags strutting their stuff up and down the platform at a 1940s-themed event. How wonderful to be transported back to a simpler time when we didn’t have omnipresent, tyrannical technology at our heels. Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged 1940s style, Bewdley, day out Worcestershire, glamour, railway fans, Severn Valley Railway, travel, vintage fashion, WWII fashion
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Sing for your supper, or is it dinner, or perhaps even tea?
A Dutch student learning English once asked me when British people have their supper. A deceptively-simple sounding question, isn’t it? One which I could have answered simply enough by telling him that supper is a simple snack of a sandwich … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creative writing, Uncategorized
Tagged dinner, England, English class system, English tea time, English traditions, Food, mealtimes, Supper, Teaching English
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Hair, it’s our Crowning Glory
Get a glimpse into the global human hair trade and ponder how the type and colour of hair defines or subverts our expectations of fictional characters. Continue reading
