Author Archives: fordhollow74

SUNRISE

Posted on December 12, 2016 by fordhollow74

This was the sunrise a few mornings ago. The photo would have been more splendid five minutes earlier, there was a magnificent pink tinge lighting all the clouds.

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QUICK SAND… in truth, MUD

Posted on December 12, 2016 by fordhollow74

After the overflowing streams and mud cascading off the road two weeks ago it was time to clear out the drain into the ‘top’ pond. Both ponds, top and bottom, were refurbished, dug out and rebuilt, twenty years ago, but … Continue reading →

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PUFFBALL PROJECT

Posted on December 2, 2016 by fordhollow74

At last, I have traction on my Puffball Project. Weeks, even months, have passed, not so much stalled, more a series of false starts. Whether it is best the tale is told in the first person or third person, as a dialogue rich … Continue reading →

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REMARKABLE YOUNG PEOPLE

Posted on November 30, 2016 by fordhollow74

Nicola Adams was on Desert Island Discs last week, a remarkable young lady brought up in Leeds. Whether you follow boxing or not, her achievement is tremendous, now twice an Olympic Gold medallist; she won her first bout aged thirteen. … Continue reading →

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WILLIAM TREVOR

Posted on November 23, 2016 by fordhollow74

The Irish and British nations have lost a wonderful novelist, playwright and short story teller with the passing of William Trevor. He has won prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, he was a multi winner with Whitbread, was a frequent short … Continue reading →

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YEOVIL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Posted on October 24, 2016 by fordhollow74

A hectic four days at the Yeovil Literary Festival, last Thursday through Sunday, moving from one venue to another. I clocked in to nine sessions in all, stayed one night in Yeovil, made three one-hundred-mile round trips between home and … Continue reading →

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PEBBLES

Posted on October 10, 2016 by fordhollow74

PEBBLES, a collection of short stories, will be launched at the Yeovil Literary Festival in October 2016, and will be available to order through bookshops later in November. Pebbles lie on the sea shore in their multitudes waiting to be … Continue reading →

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FILM SCRIPT, update

Posted on September 22, 2016 by fordhollow74

Earlier in the week I had the opportunity to sit-in on the post-production edit of the script I wrote – “Sandscape Artist”, filmed in July on Burnham on Sea beach and now being edited by Somerset Film. I have written a few … Continue reading →

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AUTUMN EQUINOX

Posted on September 22, 2016 by fordhollow74

Meteorological autumn, but not much colour yet in the leaves. Not surprising as it has been an exceptional growing summer, everywhere lush and grass begging to be mown. Our nesting swallows departed in the third week of August, but the … Continue reading →

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17th September

Posted on September 17, 2016 by fordhollow74

A memorable date, for me at least, over all the last fifty-seven years. On that day at the end of the 1950s I started the morning as Jonnie Tolson, aka Chip, with breakfast at my parent’s house before my father took … Continue reading →

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