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68Painting Outside and in the Street
I have a portable easel which contains a drawer to hold paints and brushes. I paint in oil on canvas. Oil paints really are considerably better than acryllics, giving far richer colours, and allowing much...
59Trying to write online and not succeeding
I want to write very short strange pieces again, and I'm not sure if the internet is helping.It seems to me that trying to write things online isn't as easy as writing things when you don’t have the online...
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66Searching for the Field of Ladders
Ugly dreams, I wake up and pad about looking for Lawrence. I see him in the garden, he is with James. They are poking the hole, I hear Lawrence laughing, "we have it!" he shouts. I am still in my dressing gown, but that excites me so I go...
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59Billy again (the second of the Billy stories)
The phone rang. I could see from the screen that it was Billy. Probably he wanted money. It was sure that he wanted something. I opened the phone."Billy," I said, "what do you want?" It was necessary to...
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58In Canada 2
Photo by Samantha Arnold “You’ll be here for the eggs?” It was an old woman, grey hair, pink face. “Yes”, I said. “Eggs”. “You’ll be from the new houses”, she said. “Yes”,...
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58Au Piano, a story of shame
Au Piano, oil on canvas, 2003 I used to play the 'cello. No, that's a lie: I didn't really play: I had 'cello lessons, for which I did the sparest preparation imaginable and to say I played is to glorify...
0 comments5211.30am, The Prince of Wales (the third of the Billy Stories)
-Hello, Schweppes Corporation -Hello, May I speak to John Fisher? -John Fisher is in a meeting. Can I ask him to call you back? It was 10.45, then 11.00, then 11.15. No call. * Enough:...
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70The Wounded Dog
Whenever I drive towards or from the village, I always go very slowly, even if that forces the cars behind me to beep furiously, or press up towards my car in irritated haste. Do you know that road? There is the stretch of forest. There is the...
0 comments62In Canada 3
I was on the train, the TTC, headed to the Financial District, where I worked, covering the desk of a woman who was off on childcare leave. I’d just got on and this fellow sat opposite me. I looked up, he...
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60Collecting
A Swiss coin I collect certain books, matchbox labels, shells and coins. If I had more space and money I'd collect porcelain, art, and sports cars, probably antiques and cuff-links too. If that suggests that...
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