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Month: November 2018

Wrong Island: Vrångö - old glass window reflections 2

Wrong Island in November – photo of the week

30 November, 2018

Wrong Island – Vrångö – is the Gothenburg island that’s as far south as you can get by public transport. I took these photos on a cold morning in Nov 2013

Categories Images, Photo of the week
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i NaNoWriMo no no no – a writing diary entry

4 October, 202128 November, 2018

This year’s NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – is nearing its end. I didn’t join in this year – I haven’t for many years – but I see the attraction.

Categories At the Quill, Illustration, Writing diary
Frosted bayleaves

Frosted bay leaves – photo of the week

23 November, 2018

Bay leaves outlined by a first frost – the bay hedge in Trädgårdsföreningen’s rose garden. This photo comes from November 2011.

Categories Images, Photo of the week
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Selected Poems In Flanders Fields – two reviews

4 October, 202121 November, 2018

A sort of review of Selected Poems of Robert Graves and In Flanders Fields, two books I’ve been reading in tandem since the weekedn fo 11th November 2018.

Categories At the Quill, Book Review, Reading diary, Reviews
Ingo the Champ

Ingo the Champ – photo of the week

16 November, 2018

Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson, a son of Gothenburg, a local hero and one time heavyweight boxing champion of the world – my photo of the week.

Categories Images, Photo of the week
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Flanders fields, poppies and iconography

4 October, 202114 November, 2018

Of Flanders fields, poppies and iconography – something of a ramble, something of a rant and all inspired by the recent Armistice memorial events.

Categories Articulations, Memoir
Tree all alight

Tree all alight – a photo of the week

9 November, 2018

This tree all alight stands at the southern entrance to Gothenburg’s Liseberg amusement park. Or it did on 5th November 2014 when I took the picture.

Categories Images, Photo of the week
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The Gothenburg disco fire – 20 years on

5 October, 20217 November, 2018

The Gothenburg disco fire: the worst fire in recent Swedish history took place 20 years ago on the 29th October 1998: 63 died, over 200 were injured.

Categories Memoir, Stops and Stories
Almost art - Reflected roots

Reflected roots – photo of the week

2 November, 2018

Reflected roots and rather more. I originally published this autumnal photo on the GBG365 website on 31st October 2012.

Categories Images, Photo of the week

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