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Tales From The City- The Old Red Pillar Box

Posted on May 8, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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I popped up to Oxford the other week and came back home to loads of post and a few letters to write. Actual letters on paper and with blue ink to post instead of emails! How quickly we get used … Continue reading →

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Pen and Ink- An Inky Love Affair

Posted on May 2, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

I first fell in love with pen and ink as an art form when I was in the sixth grade. My teacher Mrs. Van Den Berg, took some chalk and showed us that by a series of lines and cross-hatching … Continue reading →

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Tales From the City- Tea in the City!

Posted on April 23, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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It’s curious that no matter where you go or how much fun you’re having, there’s nothing better than coming home, putting the feet up, and just letting it all go with a good old fashioned cup of tea. There are … Continue reading →

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Write On- Mental Vomit or the first draft

Posted on April 16, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

  I was talking to someone the other day about editing as I am in the middle of doing a final edit on my Irish novel. I want to shout with joy, finally the end is at sight. It’s gone … Continue reading →

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Tales from the city- Double Dutch

Posted on April 16, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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You can spend an entire life in London, but there always comes a time for the great get away! This time it’s off to Holland for a week. One of the great things about London is within a few hours … Continue reading →

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No Ted No! Leave the dangerous snails alone!

Posted on April 16, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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Ted loves to roll in the smelliest stuff on the planet.  Elephant vomit?  Oh yes please, I’ll roll in that. Raccoon Pooh? Oh, I’ll have double of that please. Ted, like most dogs, has a taste for weird things, horse … Continue reading →

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Tales From The City- Chunnelling away from it all.

Posted on April 10, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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The Chunnel or the Le Tunnel Sous la Manche. I am hurtling my way through a tunnel under the sea some 75 meters deep. It’s black out there. Ears pop, coffee is poured and soon I will be on the … Continue reading →

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Write On- Write like Hemmingway!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

Write On- Write Like Hemingway I found a fun website to play with the other day, I Write Like.  The site analyzes your writing with an algorithm that is beyond my attention span.  I just can’t be bothered  to find … Continue reading →

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Tales From the City-Life Without A Telly- or the signal fades to black

Posted on April 2, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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It’s the end of week three of no telly, and I have to say; I don’t miss it at all. There is a rather large spot where the television once rested. Now, I have to think about what to put … Continue reading →

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The Great British Sunday Lunch- Lillian Gish and Jockey’s Whips-why that’s just Cockney for Fish and Chips!

Posted on April 2, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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The Great British Sunday Lunch- Lillian Gish and Jockey’s Whips– why that’s Cockney for Fish and Chips! My dad would have boxed my ears to hear such words uttered from my dainty mouth. Proper words for a proper English girl … Continue reading →

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