Old books – more than the sum of their parts
Sorting my mother’s old books I came across volumes remembered from when I was a child. They contained so much more than their own pages.
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Call it Huxley in a Comedy of Manners
A reading diary entry reviewing This Much Huxley Knows, Kalla det vad fan du vill and Love in a Cold Climate and presenting them as Comedies of Manners.
A Dear John letter from my father
A writing prompt on the website of my writers’ group has me counterfeiting a letter my father might have written to me.
Debbie Jimack, my grandmother: some more history
Debbie Jimack is the same Debbie Warwick of an earlier blog post, my grandmother. That earlier post lead discovery of more family history.
Deborah Warwick, my grandmother – a memoir
Deborah Warwick – Debbie – my grandmother shared a birthday with me on 30th July. I think of her every year on this date. I still miss her.
Bibliomania in the family
Does bibliomania run in my family? My grandfather, Charlie Warwick, had the reputation of being a bibliomaniac – among other things.
Hypochondria
In which we meditate on hypochondria, my father’s cancer and my family’s gene pool – and take a quick look at Three Men in a Boat.
The state of the art, or What I did on my hols
The state of the art of storytelling in Britain today- snapshots from my recent visit catching-up with my family in Northamptonshire.
Extended Family – Tones of Ochre
Digital art – Family picture in an ochre-toned crystal ball against a geometric ground.
Extended Family Red and Green
Digital art – manipulated image of an extended family in red and green