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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
Carly tries her hand at the dating scene in TLV Every time Carly returns to the UK, everyone expectantly turns to her, tilts his or her head to the side and looks at her mournfully. “So how is the dating scene in Israel?” Harrumph, says Carly to herself. Really, she is trying but she is …
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Nicole, a good friend, introduced her sister, Tanya, to Carly. She thought they would have a lot in common, and they do! Tanya lived in Tel Aviv and Nicole knew Carly was going to be moving there at some point in time in the future. And, although they get on well, they have a lot …
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As I was going to Japan I needed to make Kimono Barbie. I chose the one with long hair from my 2 recent Barbie purchases from Akko. The blond one wasn’t really relevant. I studied kimono patterns and used the fabric that Christian and Maria had bought for me in Japan. I made huge winged …
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Eli found a fabulous threads x 2 exhibition and as I had to return to Israel via London from Tokyo (and via Addis Ababa and Larnaca!) I could see this wonderful duo of exhibitions with her. Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart New York, Hamburg, Melbourne, London, Brussels, Seoul, Shenzhen and …
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We almost weren’t going to go there. We were on our way to somewhere else but it seemed popular and huge and fascinating. It was and we were there for hours. Superb.
What a smashing museum. All sorts of art. Including a swimming pool you can look at up from above and enter from below.
One evening, when Carly’s neighbours, Noa and Pini, were over, they noticed there were seven Barbies in lilac outfits that were peeping over the top of the TV. Noa told Carly that her collection of Barbies displayed in this way was kinky, and they both laughed. In fact, she did go on quite a bit …
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Carly had never had any intention of going to Aegina, Greece. Not even once, let alone twice. Over the years she had seen all the fancy cars coming onto the ferry that was returning her from her marvellous writing and yoga trips in Lemnaradis to the Athens port Piraeus. And on Sunday afternoons there were …
Carly has always made a lot of effort with neighbours. Well, she has tried to over the years. When she was a student living in Hackney, May and Flo, two sisters-in-law lived next door. They grew bronze-coloured chrysanthemums and said “Shame, shame” a lot to Carly. When she was living in her first property, she …
Carly often thinks she isn’t good at doing charitable work. She thinks that as a healthcare professional you feel like you do this all the time with your patients. But let’s be honest, you do get paid to do this. So, it isn’t really benevolent, but it does make you, as the ‘volunteer’, feel good …