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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
Carly has a prickly relationship with Israeli bureaucracy. But then, so do most Israelis. She isn’t the only one to get mad and frustrated by the ups and downs of forms, government organisations, utilities, and yet more forms. It seems to be a leftover from the British Mandate. It just doesn’t make sense. Israel is …
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Just like I took my kids skiing (Betsy and Toby with Joshua), I suggested I take Harry, Gemma and Luna away. We chose Akko as I like it and we could easily travel up by train. We stayed in a fabulous apartment (part of the Arabesque Hotel Group) and I made all the clothes and …
I went with my daughter Betsy, her boyfriend Joshua and my son Toby skiing in the Austrian bit of Italy. The south Tyrol or dolomites. We stayed in Das Majestic hotel and had a totally fab time. I made the outfits for Ski Barbie and skis from coffee stirrers.
Carly has long been a lover of learning new crafts. When she was at school, she wanted to go to an evening course to learn how to patchwork, but it was full. Carly wasn’t patient enough to wait for her space by calmly remaining on the waiting list. Oh no. That is just not how …
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Carly has an ambiguous relationship with all sorts of things and all manner of people. That is the nature of someone who is contrary at times. She is reminded of Mary, who might have really been called Mary-Mary, who had a garden and is not to be confused with Little Miss Muffet who sat on …
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Carly has been a passionate knitter for decades. She was taught, aged 11, by a school friend who had a house in Edgware, London with a green roof. Carly used to think that the roof was mouldy but in fact it was allegedly a design feature. ‘Allegedly’ is one of her relic words left over …
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Carly has grown up with myths about fire. The dominant one was “Those who play with fire, wet their beds!” Even as a paediatrician, Carly has not been able to determine if there is any truth in this myth. Certainly, this hasn’t happened to her. She is happy to light fires when making a BBQ …
Well, actually, it is mutual. Boofy is her father’s slightly older first cousin. He must have been a loveable rogue right from the outset. His real name is Norman, but he was a great, big, round ‘buffale’ of a child and always known to family and friends as Boofy. Carly suspected that when he was …
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Carly has a whole long list of where she doesn’t feel she fits in. It is probably more with whom she doesn’t fit rather than where, when, how or why. It is always about human relationships and her eternal quest to seek out love. She realises that there are many types of love. She thinks …
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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