The Magpie Files

Duncan Grant Woman at a Window I am now writing a sequel ...the sight of morning... If you want to join me you will be most welcome.

'...that we might be able to love what our understanding has seen and what our memory has held.' St. Catherine of Siena (c1347-80) I...

I was looking for a particular photo but I found these instead: After a while I had to stop looking because so many happy memories crowded i...

Guess who is back in town? We met MasterM at the airport today. Every time a backpacker came through the doors our hearts paused... could th...

the following invitation was found on the photocopier... The next Day of Culture will consist of a visit to Brighton to explore a number of ...

What has happened to Liberty of London? Sweet Peas The shop that I used to visit to purchase delectable fabric and irresistible haberdasher...

Kristina and I were supposed to be walking to Petersham Nurseries for tea but we got waylaid by a Farmers' Market. There were some char...

1. A steam locomotive pulls out of the station as I arrive. I can see the passengers drinking champagne in the Pullman carriages. 2. On the ...

I don't want to brag but... Boule de Neige all month long the roses in my garden have rambled Dr. W. van Fleet and scrambled and climbed...

The Moth Isled in the midnight air, Musked with the dark's faint bloom, Out into glooming and secret haunts The flame cries, 'Come!...