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Almost worth the walk

Posted on August 21, 2011 by
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The weekend stretches before me…

Posted on October 23, 2010 by

A person can get so much done when her kids aren’t around at the weekend. First of all, she can get up when she likes, without fear of bumping into a teenager making a snack before retiring to bed for … Continue reading →

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Butterflies in Itchy Ankle

Posted on July 22, 2010 by
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Lost Loves and Gardening Gloves

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

The Crone was once close to a man who bought her a standard hibiscus for her birthday. He lugged it all the way into a West End restaurant and the Crone proudly took it home in a taxi. The hibiscus was orange and … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms with some magic, and the last brave honeysuckle of the year

Posted on September 12, 2009 by

     

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Ripe Figs Won’t Keep in Itchy Ankle

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

  Figs by D.H. Lawrence   The proper way to eat a fig, in society, Is to split it in four, holding it by the stump, And open it, so that it is a glittering, rosy, moist, honied, heavy-petalled four-petalled … Continue reading →

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Soaking Hose

Posted on July 22, 2009 by

The Crone has an American friend who, upon settling herself in a Soho pub on one rainy day in London, wriggled about on her bar stool and remarked to the bar man ” Ooh–wet pants”  He, of course, being British, thought she … Continue reading →

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Hair-raising accident report

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

Ten years ago, almost to the day, the Crone had a bad accident in her back yard. It involved a fish pond, a retaining wall, a garden candle, high heels, a broken nose, a gashed forehead, a cerebral spinal fluid … Continue reading →

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To Knee, or not to Knee…

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

The Crone has learned two interesting but quite disturbing things this evening. The first is that it is surprisingly hard to take a picture of your own knees. Honestly, try it. The results are very bizarre and look most unkneelike … Continue reading →

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