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A Ruby by any other name…
Do any of you remember a campaign run by the Body Shop in 1998 featuring the “Ruby” doll? In case you don’t, here she is: She was swiftly shut down by Mattel, the owners of Barbie, who felt she was...
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Go (coco)nuts!
Coconut milk for your curry. Shredded coconut for your Bounty or Lemingtons. A fancy-dress bikini. Something to make the sound effect of horses hooves. A cool cocktail glass. And there I run out of...
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Making things that aren’t that good
Recently my spectacularly kind and generous husband wrote a blog about me on another site (it made me tear up) and one of the lovely things he said was about how I love to make stuff. I like to craft,...
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Making things with wood
I am bursting with excitement and pride as I write because this week I have made not one, but two things out of wood! I may not have fully mastered the art of carpentry but gosh, I’ve made progress....
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Drowning in the Shallow
Since we got married, coming up to four years ago, the husband has had a large creative project abrewing. He has been nursing a growing set of songs that have been road tested near and far, songs...
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My week with Walter
It’s book group time again! I am part of a virtual book group called Transit Lounge hosted by my friend Kelley at www.kelleynikondeha.com. Each month we read a book, in our different corners of the...
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Serenading the City
I promised you news of my first writing project this week, so this is the story of Rubies in the Smoke. (No, not the novel by Philip Pullman, he had only one Ruby but we have four). Our theatre...
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Are religious people less creative?
There is a beautiful song by Duke Special called This is all that matters, from his album Under the Dark Cloth. It begins: I might not have held you the perfect embrace was a gesture that I couldn’t...
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