Miriam left the gaslit hall and went slowly upstairs. In my very first spur-of-the-moment bookish decision of 2022, I decided to join in #PilgrimageTogether. It popped up on my Twitter radar at the end of last year. It's aim, to read all thirteen novels in the Pilgrimage series written by Dorothy M. Richardson. My aim … Continue reading Pointed Roofs | Dorothy Richardson #Readalong
Tag: 1915
An Indiscreet Journey | Katherine Mansfield #ShortStory
An Indiscreet Journey was a short story written in 1915 by Katherine Mansfield but published posthumously in the 1924 collection, Something Childish and other stories by her husband John Middleton Murry. Initially it reads like a fairly straight forward story about a woman on a train journey to visit her aunt and uncle in the middle … Continue reading An Indiscreet Journey | Katherine Mansfield #ShortStory
C. J. Dennis ‘To live and love’
This week has ended up being a fairly 'crook' week for my family with the sudden death of a dearly loved uncle. Although he died peacefully at home in his favourite armchair at the ripe old age of 80, the suddenness of it all has left us reeling. My aunt died of cancer ten years … Continue reading C. J. Dennis ‘To live and love’