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You Say Potato August 2017: I don’t review books – at least not in any sort of formal way. I’ve never really felt qualified – although of course literally anyone can have an opinion on anything, and aren’t we all … Continue reading
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starting pistol
Back in the olden days when the world was in black and white (a student of mine genuinely believed this – I’m using it in a story) I was good at a couple of things: running very fast, often … Continue reading
Some News
Oh happy day. It’s been a while since I blogged – such a long while in fact that since I was last here, the good folk at wordpress have changed the format of the site so much that I’m floundering … Continue reading
Weird Birdy Things
The thing about blogging is that, for me, it’s just a personal record made public –purely personal, all my own, my solitary rants and raves and general nonsense, plus occasional moments of jollity and perhaps tenderness. But the personal was … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors Church, Charm, Goldfinches, Polly Beard, Tom Beard, Tom Beard Memorial
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Tom
When, in January, Tom told us of his cancer diagnosis and its dreadful prognosis, a familiar grief moved in, pulled up a chair and became a fixture of every waking minute. After a few weeks, I tried a new tactic for … Continue reading
Posted in rants and raves
Tagged bereavement, cancer, death, grief, loss, Tom Beard, Tom Beard Obituary
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