Tag Archives: arts

Unique in so many ways

Posted on May 24, 2014 by jingsandthings

Yesterday in Scotland we watched in horror the images on our TVs, computers and phones showing Glasgow School of Art being swallowed by flames. A number of years ago, my husband and I visited the art school, previously only admired … Continue reading →

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And it didn’t rain

Posted on June 15, 2013 by jingsandthings

As a writer it’s always good to be able to say that you have read at a book festival so Borders Writers Forum, an organisation that promotes writers and writing in the Scottish Borders, is enormously grateful to Borders Book … Continue reading →

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Drawing tales

Posted on June 6, 2013 by jingsandthings

Her son had entered the competition, so a friend asked if I could help judge in her place. The competition had been organised by a local artist with the first prize including tickets for a talk by a well-known children’s … Continue reading →

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On Mother’s Day I thought of Fanny

Posted on March 11, 2013 by jingsandthings

The mother I thought of this Mother’s Day was Fanny van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson, or plain, unvarnished Fanny Stevenson. She often swirls around my head. Fanny fascinates me. Her resourcefulness impresses me. A woman of strong views, and many … Continue reading →

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Guga and the fizz of coincidence

Posted on February 27, 2013 by jingsandthings

Something is read, done, comes to your attention and enjoyed. Then the same happens with something else. And you discover the something else has a link to the first something. Each enhances the other and produces the fizz of coincidence. … Continue reading →

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