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Month: June 2017

Blue String Pudding

By Angela Sargent Posted on 26/06/2017 Posted in Environment No Comments
Blue String Pudding

I was studying minimalism, studying it mind, there was very little minimalist action in my cluttered life, but it had caused me to look seriously at the issue of the overpopulated wardrobe. I seized upon a long sleeved, lose, white …

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Art in Progress

By Angela Sargent Posted on 25/06/2017 Posted in Art No Comments
Art in Progress

So this painting is called ‘In The Shadow of the Shard’. I don’t know how many people name their paintings before they are created, but I’m a lazy painter and so they have a long gestation or perhaps a procrastination …

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Fuengirola Flight

By Kitty Posted on 21/06/2017 Posted in Art No Comments
Fuengirola Flight

We fled to Fuengirola to lick our wounds after suffering a catastrophic family loss. Now there were only three of us. But during that week in what they now call ‘resort’ surroundings courtesy of the Sol Melia, I think we …

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Grandfather Salvatore’s Mandolins

By Angela Sargent Posted on 21/06/2017 Posted in Music No Comments
Grandfather Salvatore’s Mandolins
The Musician Angel by Rosso Fiorentino

My Sicilian Grandfather was a luthier, he was able to make lutes and other musical instruments, and opened a music shop in Grindly Street in Edinburgh, he called it, originally, The Music Shop. We believe he largely used his skills …

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Mild Green Fairy Liquid?

By Angela Sargent Posted on 21/06/2017 Posted in Environment No Comments
Mild Green Fairy Liquid?

I was brought up with Fairy, and as soon as I was inducted into dishwashing, I received strict instructions from my mother. “Never squeeze the bottle!” she admonished, “you only need one drop of ‘Fairy’”. Old habits die hard, and …

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