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Sunday 12th September, 2010

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  September 12, 2010 - 10:25 | Site Diary
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Finally back online.

Yeah, so… Took a while to sort out the Internet connection – but now I’m back! The house is working out ok. There were a couple of internal water feature related issues but we’ve got it sorted.

As I was offline, I didn’t get the rest of mum‘s smallholding pieces up by Sunday 29th August. But they are up now. Check out Kids Will Be Kids and Lame Ducks.

“Pride and Prejudice”, as performed by Illyria [External Link] at Nostell Priory [External Link], was pretty good. Very funny and well arranged with a cast of 5. (Yes, 5!)

More next week.

Kids Will Be Kids by Jennifer Thomas

  September 12, 2010 - 09:56 | In Memoriam
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This is one of a sequence of short pieces about life on the small-holding. The copy I have is in a notebook, with the nearest dated work being 1985. I suspect that these were writing exercises rather than final pieces.

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Before becoming a parent I imagined how wonderful it would be. I knew that I would not quash the children’s enthusiasm and curiosity; I would nurture these traits as delicate flowers. Now … Continue reading →

Why Goats? by Jennifer Thomas

  July 4, 2010 - 20:38 | In Memoriam
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This is one of a sequence of short pieces about life on the small-holding. The copy I have is in a notebook, with the nearest dated work being 1985. I suspect that these were writing exercises rather than final pieces.

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It seemed so simple in the books. Did you know that size for size a goat produces more milk than a cow on poorer grazing and less food? That the milk can be frozen … Continue reading →

Sunday 4th July, 2010

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  July 4, 2010 - 09:53 | Site Diary
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This week is an In Memoriam week.

For you delectation, I’ve transcribed three of Mum’s short non-fiction pieces about life on a small-holding. In other words: goats, geese and a raging horde of mice. These pieces were This is one of a sequence of short pieces about life on the small-holding. I think these are all from 1985 (it references me as being five) and I suspect that these were writing exercises rather than final pieces. There are actually two more pieces in the series and I’ll have them up in August.

Mice by Jennifer Thomas

  July 3, 2010 - 20:46 | In Memoriam
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This is one of a sequence of short pieces about life on the small-holding. The copy I have is in a notebook, with the nearest dated work being 1985. I suspect that these were writing exercises rather than final pieces.

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It definitely was not in the brochure. I have looked again and it’s not there. No-one warned me that the motor compartments of a freezer is high on the ideal home list … Continue reading →

Geese by Jennifer Thomas

  July 3, 2010 - 19:33 | In Memoriam
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This is one of a sequence of short pieces about life on the small-holding. The copy I have is in a notebook, with the nearest dated work being 1985. I suspect that these were writing exercises rather than final pieces.

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“Geese are what you need.”

Usually, advice is easily given and not so easily taken. However, we were told that in the days of cottaging when everyone had a cow, a … Continue reading →

Sunday 21st March, 2010

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  March 21, 2010 - 20:48 | Site Diary
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An update in the In Memoriam subsection of my writing pages. Mum’s France trip has now been transcribed.

Yeah, that was pretty much it. Unless you want to share my joy over the Wales rugby team beating Italy (thank God(s)) and France winning the Grand Slam. Oh, also impressed with Scotland beating Ireland – they were better than expected!

France 1986 by Jennifer Thomas

  March 21, 2010 - 10:03 | In Memoriam
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Mum wrote this non-fiction piece after a summer holiday in France in 1986. We believe it was for the Caravan Club. I’ve no idea whether it was accepted, rejected or never sent out. This may even just be an early-ish draft.

Clicking on the images should take you to a separate page with the largest image size I have currently (not great but legible). The transcription has been cleaned up to remove excess spaces, etc, … Continue reading →

Sunday 7th March, 2010

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  March 7, 2010 - 20:34 | Site Diary
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A general writing update, with two stories and something a little more special (to me, at least).

First, the good news! My New Dryas story, Three Little Pigs, has been accepted by Crossed Genres [External Link] for their Antihero issue (Issue 17, out 01/04/2010). Their current issue, by the way, is SteamPunk and came out 01/03/2010. Well worth a look.

Another off-site thing that may be of interest to you is the new web-site of my writing friend, Dylan Fox. He’s moved from a blogspot address to his own DylanFox.net [External Link], with the blog title changing from Den in the Living Room to the optimistic Looking Up At The Sky.

On site, I’ve made two flash stories available through the site this week, Once A Month and Parthenogenesis. Please let me know how good or bad you find them to be!

And now the special bit.

I have just created a new category in my writing pages: In Memoriam. This will (eventually) be populated with a few surviving bits of my mum’s writing. This week, I have the scanned images of a non-fiction piece she wrote after a camping holiday in France in 1986. At some point, I’ll get round to doing a transcription and add it to the page. Please enjoy it.