Autobiography

It's Only Life - A Short Walk Through Panama

Its only life. We walked from a black freighter with a crossbones at its mast und fűnzig canonen. We flowed down the broken street, feet dropping...
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The Gaddafi Effect

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Eleven (with photographs, though they're the same photographs as in Part Ten, so you may have seen them before).
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Happy Birthday to Me

I wasn't born yesterday (but on the First of February 1935)
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Dreaming of John

A few days ago I dreamt of John, my partner and husband of 18 years, who died 14 years ago next month. John himself didn’t appear until near the end...
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Tea with the Coppersmith

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Ten (with photographs).
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Poem of the week

January Skies

In January beautiful tracery of skeletal branches on clear skies cool blue cloudscapes near-sunset tinges – back-lighting glow.
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The Man in the Iran Mosque

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Nine.
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Above Weobley

(26/01/24) Late afternoon low January sunshine bright glinting on the wet grass and squelchy mud, dazzling in the westward walk – so blundering in...
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The Great Falafel Kerfuffle

The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Eight.
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The Mole (A Sonnet)

The Mole (A Sonnet) Jennifer Pickup, 26.01.2024 I’ve been hiding in the dark for too long, Seeking refuge in ground’s eternal night – A haven in...