Recent Entries
Intro: Tales from the Halling Valley 2
The Watts of VancouverThrough my mother Ann Halling, nee Angela Jean Elisabeth Watt, I am mainly lowland Scottish and Ulster-Scots. My mother was born... read more
Intro: Tales from the Halling Valley 1
From Tasmania's Tamar ValleyMy ancestry is mixed English, Scottish and Scots-Irish. I'm English through my father, the well-known violinist Patrick Ha... read more
1 Born on the Goldhawk Road
Introduction:These two pieces set the scene for the entire work to follow, a kind of experiment in memoir writing with a spiritual core. Both deal wit... read more
2 A Child's West London
Introduction"A Child's West London", the second and last of two pieces based on my childhood in the west London of the 1960s, is not so much a story, ... read more
3 Gambolling Baby Boomers
Introduction"Gambolling Baby Boomers", the first of a series of seventies-themed pieces, tells how I came to be conditioned by my environment in the e... read more
4 Innocence in Hamburg
Introduction"Innocence in Hamburg", the second in a series of seventies-themed writings takes place in 1973-74 in a variety of locations. Among these ... read more
5 An English Seaside Town
IntroductionThis third seventies-themed story came about in February-March 2006, having been based on a rough draft dating from the late '70s and conc... read more
6 The Sweetness of Wrens
IntroductionAn early draft of this fourth seventies-based tales was published as "A Dandy in the Land of Blue Denim 2" at Blogster on the 21st of Apri... read more
7 My Future Positively Glittered
Introduction"My Future Positively Glittered" consists of two previously published pieces in slightly modified form, these being "My Future Postively G... read more
8 Gilded Youth at the Guildhall
IntroductionA basic first draft of this story existed at Blogster as far back as the 1st of July 2006, but without "The Woodville Hall esc... read more
