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. Whilst in Japan, I saw these …
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44 Carly Has Been Keen on Weaving For Years
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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48 Carly Has an Ambiguous Relationship with Karvol
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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47 Carly Attends a Knit for World Harmony Jolly
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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46 Carly Obsessively Collects Matchboxes
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 …
45 Uncle Boofy Always Had More Than a Soft Spot for Carly
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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43 Carly Never Really Feels She Fits in
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 …
42 Carly Gets the Train to Long Buckby to see Sandra
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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41 Carly Goes on a Silent Meditation Retreat
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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40 Carly gets Talulah the puppy
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 …