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My creative journey on my sabbatical in India and beyond
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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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 …