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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
Carly met Sandra in a chateau between St Jean D’Angely, Saintes, and Cognac. It was on a knitting holiday in the French countryside. That was in 2008, and Carly was not even called Carly then. She was firmly Caroline. They have been firm friends ever since. Especially as they went through divorces pretty much simultaneously. They …
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Carly has become increasingly interested in looking after her mental wellbeing. She thinks that this is a universal need, and she is no different from everyone else. She has been seeking to become more spiritual and has investigated ‘shamanism’. There is lots to commend this practice. It has been around well before organised religion, and it …
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Carly has long been an advocate of rehoming dogs. But she has two elderly cats and even when the rehoming centres say their dog is fine with cats, Carly knows this isn’t always true. Certainly, her last rescue, Bryn, a tri-colour collie, was pretty appalling with cats. Being carried around in a large dog’s mouth …
For a while now everyone else thinks Carly is fanatical about the colour purple. She isn’t so sure. She feels maybe she has been labelled as such. She is well aware that people find it much easier to deal with others if they put them in a box. And Carly’s box has three things. Well …
Thursday January 1st 2026 Friday 2nd January. From the clock tower to Park Midron 4th Jan; Dad’s 87th birthday Monday 5th January Tuesday 6th January Talulah’s turquoise leash up close Wednesday 7th Jan I was not actually in Park Midron this morning but on the beach in Jaffa Again – this is on the beach …
The day is gone Nita had told me about this exhibition and Simon had also heard about it. We met Deborah and Neil there. The headset was free and took the story of one day of an artist in Berlin in 1925. Here are some of the paintings. Zero Hour On May 8 1945, zero …
Carly is getting on a bit and is thinking about that next stage. She is finding the rigours and demands of coming in at the weekends and being on call overnight taking its toll. She can do it and she does keep up to date but maybe now is the time to glide down with …
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Carly has decided she is going to make Aliyah on the 4th September 2023. Making Aliyah is the process for Jews from anywhere in the world to ‘go up’ to live in Israel as a citizen. Carly has chosen this particular date for a number of reasons. It is a Monday which is the first …
Barbies twizzle around on a chandelier Galina gave me a cream chandelier she found. I keep meaning to throw it out. But today was the day. With three Barbies slotted into the bulb socket and a candle where the electrics are housed hung from a hook in my ceiling. Barbie is released from the golden …
Carly had really enjoyed living in Highbury. And, for her, there was no reason to move. But her landlady wanted to move in and no amount of crying, remonstrating or other tricks by Carly to get her to change her mind resulted in Carly’s desired outcome. Staying in Highbury was no longer an option. And …