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Notes from the Pink Egg
FESTIVAL TIME IN KESWICK
27th January 2017
The postman’s kept busy at the moment delivering books by authors I’m chairing at Words by the Water - A Festival of Words and Ideas. When the programme was revealed in December, potential chairs scrambled to send in their list of preferences. The fun starts as books arrive. How to write like Tolstoy immediately took my eye. If only … I’d love to write with the elegant conciseness of Ian McEwan, the humour of Roald Dahl, the imagination of J K Rowling and the sheer brilliance of Zadie Smith. I w...
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FLOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS
16th December 2016
Thank you so much everyone for such a quick and intelligent response to my mystery flowers. They are Chincherinchee or Star of Bethlehem (proper name is Ornithogalum thyrsoides ) They are known also as a florists nightmare as they last a very long time as we have discovered. They are still cheerfully flowering as they work their way to the top. It is now 6 weeks since I bought them but I cant find any more which is a shame. Maybe they have been boycotted by florists. I have now ordered bulbs b...
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