Category Archives: Dulwich

Dog Gone (To Pot)

Posted on Apr 16, 2018 by

Blogger Barb Taub had a dog/drug experience recently which triggered a buried memory. Now it’s bubbled to the surface, I think it is time I confessed My name is Geoff and I drugged my dog We need to go back … Continue reading →

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Snow Doubt About It

Posted on Mar 19, 2018 by

There are days when getting outside for a walk is a struggle.  Too many jobs to do, that awkward call to make, the badly scheduled appointment. And then there’s snow. We don’t get a lot of snow in South London. … Continue reading →

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Snow Going Back #walking

Posted on Mar 3, 2018 by

I’m fixated with cake. Coffee too, but mostly cake. A day like we had this last week, what with the snow and cold means Dog and I need an incentive to be outside and cake does it. That and the … Continue reading →

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A reprise and Dog

Posted on Dec 15, 2017 by

  It’s cold I’m drinking coffee on the hoof and Dog is cold. So why not a little tale with attitude from a year ago via Post Pied Piper #microfiction

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The Book of Trees #dulwich #trees #villagelife #poetry

Posted on Jul 2, 2017 by

I live in a part of South London that is full of trees. The other day I got hold of this. It is hand drawn and shows the position of many unique and rare species of tree in my neighbourhood. … Continue reading →

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It’s A Sign

Posted on Mar 23, 2017 by

When I was a child a new set of street signs came out, following one of those Commissions that are beloved of governments who give sinecures to old white males who might otherwise have opinions and voice them. My favourite … Continue reading →

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Painting a Love Story #streetart #dulwich festival #shortstory

Posted on May 16, 2016 by

Over the weekend Dulwich festival has included a local street art tour and commissioned a new piece for the entrance to the long disused Crystal Palace High level railway tunnel in Sydenham Hill Woods. I took some pictures and a story sort of emerged (with apologies … Continue reading →

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D is for Dulwich #atozchallenge

Posted on Apr 5, 2016 by

‘The house I have taken,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘is at Dulwich. It has a large garden, and is situated in one of the most pleasant spots near London. It has been fitted up with every attention to substantial comfort; perhaps … Continue reading →

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Three Greens

Posted on Mar 30, 2016 by

Friday was beautiful and Dog insisted. You know how he can get. Lead crazy. So it’s off on a circle to enjoy the three green spaces that form a crescent moon of a walk. They are all different, all with … Continue reading →

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Re imagining the Olympics

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 by

I live in London, close but not too close to the smoking sink of sin that is the City. We have a decent sized garden (actually bloody huge for around here). And we have wildlife. Once a hedgehog crossed the … Continue reading →

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