Tag: crosswords
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Birds and a squirrel, more from ‘Pretty girl in crimson rose (8)’, travels in Sweden and Turkey and an alarming plane stopover in Russia, wildlife art, the monster across the pond
The Grey Squirrel has been at the feeder for ages this morning, really feasting on the peanuts. As I headed to the summerhouse I suddenly realised he or she was wonderfully close to me and had not heard me coming. When awareness of my presence did come, there was no panic or rush to get…
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Pretty girl in crimson rose (8)
Pretty girl in crimson rose (8), a memoir of love, exile and crosswords, by Sandy Balfour, Atlantic Books, 2004. A lovely phone call which made my day yesterday from a client who was especially pleased with a book he had ordered (Twelve Sonnets, by George Faludy, translated by Robin Skelton, Pharos Press, Victoria, British Columbia, 1983,…