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WALKING BOOK CLUB

Posted on February 24, 2017 by fordhollow74

Since I studied Creative Writing at Middlesex University fifteen years ago I have been in several Writing and Book Groups. One of the most enterprising is the Walking Book Club set up by Number Seven Dulverton, the book and arts shop … Continue reading →

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SANDSCAPE: the movie

Posted on February 22, 2017 by fordhollow74

We are nearly there, despite Somerset Film and the Engine Room’s immense workload there is a close to final version of Sandscape Artist, now titled SANDSCAPE on YouTube. It can be seen HERE.

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HOLY MOLEY

Posted on February 22, 2017 by fordhollow74

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

Posted on December 31, 2016 by fordhollow74

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

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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