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Articulations

Articulations: Examples of my creative writing: aphorisms, poems, short stories, humour (“humour”), (auto)biography, translations and more. Read Articulating myself for more details or scroll down.

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Shanks’s pony is getting tired

22 September, 2021

Shanks’s Pony is an old idiom for feet and walking. I’ve been having problems with my feet – they don’t like carrying me any more.

Categories Memoir, Stops and Stories
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Doggerland to Aeyland and back in time for tea

8 September, 2021

Doggerland is the made-up name for a place that really existed and for which there is archaeological evidence. Aeyland is complete fiction.

Categories Articulations, Exhibition, Stops and Stories
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Guilty secret – flash fiction

4 August, 2021

Guilty secret is a piece of flash fiction originally published last year in Far Flung, the last Writers Abroad anthology.

Categories Articulations, Story
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Fire in the Bowl or Cinderella and the Flaming Deposit

28 July, 2021

Fire in the bowl, or Cinderella and the flaming deposit, a supposedly eco-friendly adventure from my recent holiday (though I have my doubts)

Categories Memoir, Stops and Stories
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A Dear John letter from my father

23 June, 2021

A writing prompt on the website of my writers’ group has me counterfeiting a letter my father might have written to me.

Categories Articulations, Memoir
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Thinking how to translate Jana Kippo

20 May, 2021

Jana Kippo is the protagonist of a recent successful trilogy of novels in Swedish by Karin Smirnoff. I ponder, and try my hand at translating.

Categories Articulations, Book Review, Translation
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Beach Green bungalow – some of my earliest memories

21 April, 2021

The bungalow at Beach Green in Shoreham-by-Sea was the third place I lived, but the first place I have clear memories of.

Categories Articulations, Memoir
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What the partridge in the pear tree dreams

3 February, 2021

What the partridge in the pear tree dreams. The retold tale of Perdix, murdered by Daedalos but saved by Athena – and what she dreams.

Categories Articulations, Story
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Debbie Jimack, my grandmother: some more history

11 December, 20209 December, 2020

Debbie Jimack is the same Debbie Warwick of an earlier blog post, my grandmother. That earlier post lead discovery of more family history.

Categories Articulations, Memoir
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The Ballet of Absurdist Nonsense

18 November, 2020

The Ballet of Absurdist Nonsense – possibly Le Ballet du Balivernes Absurde – flash fiction written for prompt #17 of the FlashNano 2020 challenge

Categories Articulations, Story
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My short story "Quinn and the Boxcar" published in the October 2021 edition of ArtAscent magazine. Available now (click this caption)!
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Childhood, the latest edition of The Poet magazine, includes two of my poems
Far Flung: An anthology of stories, articles and poems - published in November 2020 - includes two of my short stories and a poem.

You may also like to read my blog post about Far Flung and about my writers group.

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Most popular posts published in 2021

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Call it Huxley in a Comedy of Manners
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City of Lights, libraries and bridges – back to Sundsvall
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Doggerland to Aeyland and back in time for tea
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Pilgrim, Riddly and setting free the turtles
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Shanks’s pony is getting tired

Most popular posts from earlier years

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Brussels parakeets make the world a better place – or don’t
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The Gothenburg disco fire – 20 years on
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When did they begin, the Beguine?
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Princess Uncumber – a retold tale
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Why I really don’t like Kindle
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Book boxes of Brussels – Les boites à livres
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