crowning glory
David captures a fictionalisation of the moment when the French Emperor Napolean crowns Josephine Empress of France. It’s a BIG picture. This version hangs in a room at the end of the Versailles Hall...
View ArticleBristolian hat-wearers unite
dance teacher: Wasabi makes you jedder wendy: Jedder? dance teacher: yes jedder (demonstrates by shaking her shoulders) wendy: Oh (signifying realisation), Judder! Where do you come from? dance...
View Articlewandering wardrobe
C S Lewis wrote the Chronicals of Narnia while living in Oxford. On a frosty February morning driving along a deserted Oxfordhsire road reminds me of stepping from the Wardrobe into a frozen Narnia Old...
View Articlefamily traits
My 90 year aunt rubs her distorted, arthritic, hands. Despite this distortion I find her hands beautiful. Her gently winkled skin doesn’t betray her grand age Knarled and dapper Mumsie and her elder...
View Articlehelp getting dressed
Mumsie helped with my wedding outfit decisions. What goes with my fabulous new Royal Stewart tartan kilt: Sox or stockings? Stockings – Mumsie didn’t think it was good form to reveal my bare knees to...
View Articlesmart fox
Jim: you don’t need introductions because you’ve met before wendy: yes, at solstice Sue: at solstice? wendy: I was wearing the fox’s ears Sue: I remember the fox’s ears, I just can’t picture you in...
View Articlefoxy lady
I’ve known these people since primary school, they’ve just never grown up. Love it! Would you trust this lady with ensuring you got 5 a day? Exactly. Quite so. You can spot a dangerously subversive...
View Articlestepping out
they’re so young, and there’re so many guests :- they’re as good as Indian It’s the sort of comment that prompts me to produce furniture rattling laughter. And so it did. The Indian lady liked my...
View ArticleLooky Likey #8: Cruella de Ville
A wendy wearing her favourite, only, Askatrán wool hat inspires local Apple fan-boy onlookers with thoughts of Cruella de Ville. Meanwhile a svelte local Polish girl ran her fingers through my hair as...
View Articlename calling
I’ve been called many things since 1991, graduating as Dr. Wendy: Noun: Researcher, Lecturer, Scientist, Engineer, Architect Modifier: Assistant, Associate, Senior, Higher, Lead I’ve recently been...
View ArticleThe Holly and the wendy
I’ve lived in my downtown apartment for 6 weeks. Today was the first time I got out to enjoy just wandering around, exploring 5hrs exploring. All of it full of treats peculiar to my tastes. Holly, the...
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