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My First Book Reading - meanwhile ...
I know it’s last minute but, if you’re free this Thursday evening 30th June ,we would love you to join us for a very special evening of readings from CHERRIES FROM CHAUVET’S ORCHARD. Written by Ruth...
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Mass Market Cherries - meanwhile ...
Since arriving in England (between performances of The Magic Flute, not very much sleep, poos, feeds, nappy changes, the odd mass market cherry from this strange beast called Waitrose and missing our...
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The first cherry - meanwhile ...
Today I went for a very nice walk with my parents and ate my first cherry. It was a bit sour and made me pull a funny face.
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Ochre - meanwhile ...
I would love to be writing reams every day. There is so much to say about what we have been through, in Bamako, coming home...but as all you parents out there know, there are very few moments when you...
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Cherries from Chauvet's Orchard - meanwhile ...
Whilst I would love to be picnicking under the cherry blossom -as wedding fresh and pompommish as I can ever remember in this extraordinary spring - I am actually calculating spine width for Lighning...
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The Last Leg... - meanwhile ...
The funny thing about the last three weeks of this five year pregnancy is that there is nothing to slow me down. Apart, that is, from the potager. We have had a glorious week here at the foot of the...
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Asparagus, strawberries and a New Arrival... - meanwhile ...
‘There will be more frost’ the shepherd said as we watched his flock graze only a few days ago by the side of the potager du peintre. Huh, I thought. The new season’s rays were beating on my almost...
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Passing Traffic - meanwhile ...
The sound of bells and bleating is a delicious accompaniment to our first al fresco coffee of the season! The transhumance passes outside my window almost every day at this time of year, the flock...
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Birthday - meanwhile ...
My day at Bali Botanica Spa starts with sweet ginger tea while Ayu, my therapist, prepares the room. During the short wait I am shown a selection of four ceramic bowls filled with Farrow and Ball...
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Trying a bow the Zen way - cello notes
I am trying a new baroque bow by Craig Ryder the Zen way. As I draw this lovely snakewood instrument across the gut of the string like a limb, I find I am also following it's trajectory, observing it,...
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A Yogic Approach to Performance? - cello notes
There are six of us in the Ubud yoga studio and we have arrived roughly fifteen minutes early in order to soften and quieten. On the teak floor are laid mauve and turquoise yoga mats, one of which we...
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Seascapes - meanwhile ...
Something happens when you stop being tourists and start to live in a place. For us it came just after the island hop and before the month mark. Like most release, it was preceded by a blockage. For...
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Banana Karma - meanwhile ...
'No piss' said our hostess at Lumbung Bali Huts commenting on the lack of three quarters of the advertised menu in the restaurant. 'Piss is off. It's not the season'. We were on Lembongen Island, an...
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Going for a Walk in Bali - meanwhile ...
'When I first met Richard' says Wayan 'I didn't like going for a walk. I didn't see the purpose.' We are on a splendid hike, edging our way along the soggy top ridge of one of the most beautiful...
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Bali coffee - meanwhile ...
After filling up the Honda from the Absolut Vodka bottle we took an early morning tour on little roads, ending in coffee in a thatched hut overlooking this.... Though we have become adventurous with...
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