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Books of the Month – October 2018

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 30 October 2018

It’s not often that I’m so utterly bowled over by a chance buy that I want to tell everybody about it and insist they read it.   And it’s even more exciting when I’ve never heard of the author. ‘Only To Sleep’, by Lawrence Osborne, has written on the front cover of the book ‘A […]

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The Call of the Wild

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 22 September 2018

Vera, our neighbour’s cat, peers at me through the fig tree.  She’s lying on the shed roof, enjoying the warmth of the sun.

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Reading Week – August 2018

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 19 September 2018

We usually stay at home in August, taking holiday at a less busy time.  So things are reasonably quiet in our neck of the woods at the moment. I suggested to John we have a ‘reading week’.  Instead of fitting reading for pleasure into the short time before falling asleep at night, we would instead […]

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Night heron

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 30 July 2018

We came back late by the pond.  The restaurant (Côte) was just closing. A heron was standing by the water.

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‘Es Molí’, Deià, Mallorca

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 30 July 2018

Five precious days away.  Given what we wanted was a beautiful place with comfort, rest and relaxation, I relied on a recommendation of somebody who had stayed at ‘Es Molí’ last year.  Never keen on the laborious task of filling in those internet forms, I remembered that many years ago, before you had to do […]

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Little lost things …

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 24 June 2018

Once in a while I come upon lost things and wonder about the story behind them. I lost a blue sparkly ear ring in the cinema. I went back and called in at the bar  –  some kind soul had found it and given it in. Thank you!

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Escapees from Chelsea Flower Show

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 24 June 2018

Bowling down Sloane Street on the number 19 bus during the Chelsea Flower Show, we had a show of our own!  Various shops had floral fronts …in celebration of Chelsea in bloom. And just time too for a cup of tea and perhaps a slice of one of their delicious cakes in Peter Jones before […]

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The Beast from the East …

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 18 March 2018

‘The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold … And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold’ … from the poem ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ by Lord Byron.  Best spoken aloud while galloping on a fiery steed …  otherwise, worth a galloping read… The Beast from the East was not quite as […]

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Angels + a poem by Christopher Logue

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 18 December 2017

These were the best Christmas lights in central London for a long time and I just wanted to keep a reminder of them.  I wish I had more and better pictures. This is blurry but I did manage also to get in red double deckers and a London taxi.  I had just come out of […]

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Vinotherapy at ‘Les Sources de Caudalie’, Bordeaux

By Elaine Elkington | Published: 17 November 2017

An early start in the dark –  a young man from Macedonia speeds me seamlessly through the silent countryside towards Gatwick, intent on his dream of making enough money in London to buy an ice cream parlour in Amsterdam.  I am dreaming of an escape from city life to an imagined paradise for a few […]

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