being and becoming in the world
The words of: A S Byatt, Anne Tyler, Anthony Doerr, Candia McWilliam, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel García Márquez, Janice Galloway, John Macmurray, Julian Barnes, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Raymond … Continue reading Some lessons
Yesterday I was in Glasgow for a meeting. Having arrived early I explored some of the streets around Central Station. Just off Gordon Street I spotted a dark, dead-end lane … Continue reading “The most honking lane in Glasgow”
I have just read French Braid, the latest novel by Anne Tyler. Her creative work, wonderfully observant and ‘seemingly’ understated, never fails to move me.
A selection of neighbourhood and newspaper images from yesterday and the day before:
I recently read ‘Clock Dance’ by Anne Tyler. It is an understated exploration of the life of one woman. A woman called Willa who we experience [first hand] from wee … Continue reading ‘a has-been doctor’
A few selected passages from the novel ‘If morning ever comes’ by Anne Tyler:
