Author Archives: judithlouise

A Day at the Festival

Posted on June 3, 2018

3 000 New Testaments burned, by order of a Bishop Fight, not facts, are more important to today’s press. The Malawian government seems to be preventing poor people from being educated We are killing our planet Racial prejudice is still blindingly rife … Continue reading →

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Community Gardeners

Posted on April 30, 2018

It seemed like a good idea at the time. I once infiltrated a posh Herb Workshop on a massive Gloucestshire estate, hoping to pick up cooking tips using herbs.  Bad bad idea.  The situation turned prickly after the lemon balm … Continue reading →

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A Community of Listeners

Posted on March 30, 2018

I came across something startling today. I was so surprised I did a double take.  A father didn’t have a phone in his hand as he took his two children  to school.  Had to check again: no, he really really didn’t. I … Continue reading →

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Pantomime Time — oh yes it is!

Posted on February 9, 2018

When husband John first mentioned the word “pantomime” to me his American bride, I was quite sure that I knew what he was talking about: actors in make-up who could silently and dramatically describe a wall, running, going upstairs, and … Continue reading →

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January 24th is Peanut Butter Day

Posted on January 24, 2018

Living in a cramped maroon room with an exquisite view of the brickwork on the neighbouring building outside my window taught me much about life during my graduate days in Ithaca, New York. My octogenarian landlady downstairs, gave  the same piano piece … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night Party

Posted on January 7, 2018

  I am delighted to live in a country where it’s possible to celebrate twelve days of Christmas. Thank you, Great Britain, for inventing it!  No need to get cards and letters to people by the 25th of December.  Let … Continue reading →

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The Launderette (Laundromat) Community.

Posted on November 18, 2017

Something was definitely wrong.   Okay I know that my American accent causes English people to be on their guard, and why not?  Here comes a mouth wider and louder than theirs, regaling them with boring stories of their town “back … Continue reading →

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