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Tobacco Town
The Duke family made their money in tobacco and later in hydroelectric power and the local power company here is still called Duke Energy. Nearly a century ago the family bought naming rights to the university—it used to be known as … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, Entrepreneurial Flair, The Traveling Crone, You can take the Crone out of Ireland
Tagged Belfast, Duke University, durham north carolina, London, North Carolina, photography, red brick buildings, the Duke Family, tobacco fortune, tobacco warehouses
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The Advance Upon Appleton Marsh
What went wrong, Blabs. After putting out the bunting and hiding Flo out of sight, I waited, and I waited. Ever since I heard you were coming, and I told Margaret Chaff, Connie Jackson, Audrey Brown and the rest of … Continue reading
Closing in on Appleton Marsh
Dear Doris, Well, I’m back in London and find it curiously unchanged—I arrived last night to pouring rain and industrial inaction on the Tube. I’m staying in a tall terraced house in Camden in a room that overlooks the main road, … Continue reading
No Blue Plaque for the Blarney Crone
Just look what Doris Brazil unearthed in the Appleton Marsh Sue Ryder shop! HOCO POCO (Head of Commemorative Objects, Plastic, Onyx, Ceramic Only) at the BBC had this fired just before I set sail for America all those years ago. I hadn’t realized … Continue reading
Posted in Crone as Pen Pal, Culture with the Crone, friendship
Tagged Appleton Marsh, BBC, Blarney, Blarney Crone, Blue Plaque, Director General, Doris Brazil, ginger nuts, Holloway road, John Birt, London, UK
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The Latest from Lady Macbeth
Regular readers will remember that I was recently visited by a Scottish friend who appeared to be suffering from sciatica. She limped back to London—and went downhill from there. Here is her email, sent yesterday Well, I’m home [ from … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, Life's vexations, Serious stuff
Tagged A&E, back surgery, bad back, double incontinence, Heathrow, Lady Macbeth, London, MRI, Mrs Overall, sciatica, Scottish, traveling with pain
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Lost Loves and Gardening Gloves
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
Posted in friendship, garden, itchy ankle
Tagged Blarney Crone, emigration, friendship, garden, gardening, good taste, hibiscus, London, lost loves, patio plants
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On Oscar, Alice and Black-Eyed Susans: A letter to Doris Brazil
Blabs, I am so pleased that the moisturiser reached you. I do so share your frustration with itchy spots. The older I get the more cracks in inaccessible places I seem to acquire. Anybody who knows me will tell you … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, a lifetime on the hips, a moment on the lips, Alice in Wonderland, Appleton Marsh, back 40, Balenciaga, black eyed susans, Blarney Crone, candy, Chesapeake bay, clay soil, confectionary, crape myrtles, David Rockwell, day lilies, Doris Brazil, Facebook, food, fudge, gardening, Gretel, Hampstead, Harry Winston, Helena Bonham Carter, hostas, Johnny Depp, Little Britain, London, Mad Hatter, Matt Lucas, organic slug deterrent, Oscars, red carpet, salt water taffy, Sawhorse Marilyn, slugs, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, West Country
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Soaking Hose
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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Tagged American, Blarney Crone, British, garden, London, middle age, Soho, wet pants
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