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Monday …
As you know I don’t immerse myself in Christmas and less this year without the Brazilian contingent. I do buy gifts but never make a special journey to do Christmas shopping. I usually give cash to...
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Shopping … bike goes on the list!
While I cycled to and from work daily for 25 years, I had little need for other exercise unless I was preparing for an event and remained fit. When I retired, I didn’t think much about daily exercise...
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Do I or don’t I?
On Thursday I went to London and walked from Waterloo Bridge to Southwark Bridge; it was a lovely day and a walk I have done often before and enjoy. I was on a mission and planned to stroll back later....
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Boots don’t fail me now …
Yesterday I began walking beside the Thames. I leave near the river at Reading and have walked it often during the last 30 years, and even walked the paths in London. So, I have set myself the goal...
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River Flowing By … while I walk.
Towards the end of last year, I began walking the Thames , in sections starting at the Barrier and going up stream towards and past my home in Reading to Gloucester and her source. We have reached...
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The need to reconcile …
During bouts of depression, I do carry on working; although being creative doesn’t mean the pain will go away. The voices however, can make me go one of two ways, sometimes they nag others dangle the...
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Influencial story tellers in textile …
In this particular story my only influences in the world of stories woven in or stitched on fabric, thus far were John Craske, Hannah Ryggen and Arthur Bispo do Rosario and while their work was valid...
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Introducing Tulip
As early as the 11th century London was an international port, goods came to and from lands across the sea. Markets like Cheapside, Smithfield and Billingsgate were in existence. Wool became an...
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always need some embroidery
For a while it has seemed as if I had lost the plot in a world that has gone bonkers. Perhaps it has, but my self-absorption and grumbling does not change a thing. So, after a short break and holiday...
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Artist in Residence …
In a few weeks I will take up ‘residency’ in the Riverside Museum at Blakes Lock in Reading. Not actually living in but spending all my waking hours for one week only, in the Turbine House as an...
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