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June • A nice, normal Summer
After all our visitors we’re back to normal. Come to think of it we were never away from normal — it’s just we had another person there to share it. Nice. And what do I mean by a nice normal Summer?...
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July • MoonahManiaHaHa
The header to this post is a detail from a painting by my sister Esme Kyle. I just found out today — I won a second Moon Prize from Writing in a Woman’s Voice for my micro-story Living a Lie Wow thanks...
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The Linnet’s Wings Moon Issue • and other Places of poetry
Delighted to announce the launch of our Moon Issue with lots of good poetry, fiction and art, including a lovely Moon painting by my sister Esme. I have some ‘moon’ poems in there too and there is...
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September • Staycation Northumberland Duddo
Sometimes you just want a break but you don’t want to go far and honestly, when you live with ‘spectacular’ on your doorstep, why fly? Last September we were in Yorkshire with James. This September...
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Waterford is in Eire and Ford is a tiny village in Northumberland so what was Lady Waterford doing in Northumberland? Well this tiny village has a socking great castle in its back yard (not uncommon in...
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September Staycation • A Field Too Far
1513 and King Henry VIII is in France fighting over the Pas de Calais. Now the french don’t really want Henry there and so they call in a favour on the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France....
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For the Jacobson Family forever separated by WWII which began 80 yrs ago and the Berlin Wall which fell 30 yrs ago. We will remember them all. Click to view slideshow.
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December • Christmas round the corner
In Belsay they have a light show in the gardens. It’s called Enchanted Belsay. I was there last weekend — but not for the light show. We went during the day and the night-time magic looks a bit tacky...
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January 2020 • on Anniversaries and letting go
60 January’s have passed and I have written about my father’s death many times: the first time in 1972, My Father (see end) most recently a reprint of ‘Lesson Unspoken’ A Fork in the Road see pg15 I...
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This Blog, Parallel Oonahverse will die shortly and I don’t suppose many will mourn it. It’ll be visible for about a month. I am not sure whether I am sad to see it go or glad to see the back of it. It...
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