JosieHolford

The Street of the Fruit Stalls

Amazing how hard it sometimes can be to find things on the intertubes. There was a poem I remembered from…

5 years ago

Much Ado About Food: Kate Atkinson and Elizabeth David

Novelists and film makers often struggle to find the right period details to anchor their work in a particular era.…

5 years ago

Something for International Cat Day

Apparently it's International Cat Day (where do all these days come from?)  So - as I live with an international…

5 years ago

The Pains of Parting and a Father Says Farewell

Two quite different wartime farewells at Charing Cross Station: The first is from Vera Brittain on the eve of 1915:…

5 years ago

Much Ado About Deception and Delusion: Kate Atkinson’s Transcription and London 1940

The sandwich was no comfort, it was a pale limp thing a long way from the déjeuner sur l'herbe of her…

6 years ago

Edward Bear and Stochastic Terrorism

As America wakes up this Sunday morning it is confronted with the horror of two major acts of domestic terrorism.…

6 years ago

Dem Debates: And the winner is ….

It's hard to cut through the clutter and fog of an overcrowded political field. But Elizabeth Warren did it this…

6 years ago

Let Me Be Clear

We are well into the election season although the actual vote is well over a year away. This time in…

6 years ago

Save Your Neighborhood

Buy local. If you live in a city, town or village you probably appreciate the local amenities. These include the…

6 years ago

The Gossips

She never!            She did! Well blow me            A right carry-on What a palaver  …

6 years ago

Stroll, Soodle or Stroam

Soodle - it means means to walk in a slow or leisurely manner; to stroll, saunter. With so many alternatives…

6 years ago

The Art of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Two Sundays, two documentaries and two very satisfactory movie experiences. The first was Maiden at The Moviehouse in Millerton, NY.…

6 years ago

Night Fog

Some left over words from another post and borrowed words not exactly put to music. Boundaries blur. The streetlamp a…

6 years ago

New York City Through the Window: Poetry

In 1975 the poet Allen Ginsberg was in hospital. At a later poetry reading he explained the causes in an…

6 years ago

New York City Through the Window: Art

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban nights…

6 years ago