Author Archives: fordhollow74

HOLY MOLEY

What Underground organization  is at work beneath the fields? At a rough count there must be fifty molehills in this picture, and that is only part of it; there are at least five times as many overall – two hundred … Continue reading

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2016

2016 pass quietly into this dark night, albeit there is a second to add to your number. The world is a different place for your passing. Things have happened and we are set on a different course. Who is the … Continue reading

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SUNRISE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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