Art, Latin, Writing and other things that matter
Lest We Forget
I wanted to try and make a picture which showed something of the reality of what the Cenotaph, that huge, clean white stone in Whitehall commemorates. Impossible, but I tried.
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Exposure
Sometimes getting the picture perfect is moreby chance than by judgement.
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My Name is Kylie
I have wanted to write a story about this for a long time, but didn’t see how I could. Then I remembered Emily Dickinson’s advice “Tell it slant”
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Leisure time in Pompeii; Sport, Shopping, and Quintus has a birthday. When Paris met Helen, and the beginning of the story of Romulus and Remus
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A Recent SADD performance of a Shakespeare Classic
(Unfortunately I have been unable to find time to write a story this week, but found this article in the Parish Magazine for St. Georges’ Church, Stynton cum Studley which I have reproduced below.) … …
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The entertainment at the Pompeian Amphitheatre; Aemelius and Marcus Take a Trip to Ostia
Cambridge Book 1 and on Line – Gladiatores The events at the Amphitheatre and the bloodshed in the Streets, make Football hooliganism look tame!
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Lest We Forget
A story which came from reading an interview in a local newspaper.
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A dinner Party where there is a lot to drink and things get Spooky, Slave problems, Death of Hector Part 1.
We’ve all done it haven’t we? Started telling ghost stories and been scared to walk home- it seems the Pompeians were no different from the rest of us.
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Frida Kahlo with a pet deer
Frida had many pets. Her letters to her family from her travels abroad are full of enquiries about their welfare. This picture is not a run of the mill dog or cat though, but an obviously quite shy young deer, who is definitely staying at arms length. such an unusual picture, lets see what I can do with it
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Pigs in Clover
At our last meeting before lockdown, our Creative Writing Group were given the following to weave into a story. A vicar, A village Fete, the Nineteen Twenties, and a pig. My mind immediately went to Blandings Castle and P.G Wodehouse, and I wondered if I could create something in his style. The characters of Walter and Honoria are my own invention, but though the story is my own I have stolen the names of Sir Gregory, Cyril, Oates, Lord Emsworth, Lady Constance and the Empress herself from P.G. It is only a taster. Perhaps I might try and finish the story another day, but there would have to be several cases of mistaken identity and some stolen jewels at least. Exhausting!
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