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'...a kipper in the fridge'
I was wandering down a long low neon lit shed where I’d been told she was working. A slaughter house. I came round a post – on the edge of a series of stalls - and there she stood with a cleaver in...
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Spuds
I've planted three rows of potatoes, a mix of Marfona and Estima, and I've covered a further area of the plot with polythene. The weather has stopped me planting more vegetables. The soil is sticky,...
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Jocund
Digbeth Coach Station Somewhere over the centre of Europe I stopped feeling cold. In my cramped seat I eased off my jacket, leaving my polo neck jumper, thick shirt, heavy vest and, beneath my jeans,...
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Man flu or bronchitis?
“That’s bronchitis” said Lin. My cough tails into a sound which, if re-played and amplified, would be like the shriek of a winter pig led up the garden path, who suddenly sees the beam, the hook, the...
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At last the sun
The sun'll be coming round the mountain when she comes, and how welcome it feels after these days of greyness and rain. *** *** A welcome discovery - a builder who is a neighbour, Arturo, Greek name...
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Meeting someone
I love meeting someone off the train, a plane, or at the end of a drive on which I hear the crunch of tyres. I was at Kapodistria, sat on a concrete edge in the car park waiting for Easyjet 5058...
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Days out and about
“You’re not getting up are you?” whispers Lin “What time is it?”“Six-thirty. I want to see the sunrise” Amy has told me a theory. ‘It’s proved’ the more intelligent stay up late and sleep late. I being...
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Lunch in Ano Perithia
Spring at Ano Perithia Monday was damp; the house so quiet. Some have taken advantage of the wet, after ten sunny days, to set bonfires, their smoke mixing with the mist making the chill evening air...
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Getting little things sorted
The sense of pleasurable achievement from dealing with small things – what would it be called? Their may be a term invented by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd - the name of a small English town capturing...
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'The glory and the freshness of a dream...'
“I can’t believe it’s already a week since Amy and Guy went home” said Lin "Time"“I think I know why it passes quicker when you’re older”“Go on” I said“Every day is a smaller proportion of your whole...
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A plot
Jan emails: Simon. Have you seen the results of Local elections? Extraordinary results for UKIP who took 25% of the votes. In Lincolnshire they now have 16 councillors, having had none previously and...
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Summer Song's ready to go back in the sea
A succession of clear skies and proliferating greenery and, with the heat, the steady increase of public voices up and down Democracy Street, among our neighbours and people walking by, sometimes...
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Continuity
Dave was already attaching slings beneath Summersong when we arrived at the harbour. The crane, four sturdy supports extended either side of its carrier, squatted between boat and water, its driver...
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The blue of the sea we've left behind
South wind on the west coast of Corfu Sat either side of the aisle we saw lozenges of perfect blue as our plane ascended, banking in a wide circle that brought us over Pantokrator, then the high coast...
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Rain
I took Oscar for a walk into town. We left the house in in rain. I wore layers of clothes under a full-length waxed cotton raincoat, neck warmer, waterproof gloves. Starting through Handsworth Park I...
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'Out of Town'
From: Simon Winters Hi Simon. Don't know if you are in UK and can make it, but there is a Kaleidoscope event on this saturday at Stourbridge. We are filming interviews for a major BFI documentary...
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The music...
The music that suffuses Corfu and especially beloved Ano Korakiana with its sounds of practise in the quiet of the day. Takis Savvani, Τάκης Σαββανής, writes on the village website:Το παλιό αρμόνιο...
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Linking 'Out of Town' films and tapes
Jack with Bess, filmed by Stan I've collected all Out of Town commentary tapes from the lock-up and about 50 cans of 16mm Out of Town film. I'm going to see if I can match one tape to one film. P &...
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Plot 14 - a sheep or a goat?
Another row of spuds, beans, a marrow and spinach on Plot 14 My allotment is surrounded by unworked plots. Imran took over plot 13, west of mine, in May 2012. After a few day's enthusiastic work he...
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Afterwards
Writing to the Council A few days ago we arrived at mum's old home, late but in the long light of the Highland summer. Since then, but for walks with Oscar, it's been work, including composing a letter...
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