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May.19.2013 - 11:56 am
The Backstory as Defence Lawyer
In a recent post on The Red Room, Orna B. Raz makes a very interesting case for the fiction writer’s ability to rewrite true life events, giving the stories a...
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May.05.2013 - 10:08 am
Just About a Teddy Bear With a Wonky Nose*
“What does he think I am? A baby?” Deep embarrassment was making me peevish.  I did not want my mother, grandmother – and, especially, the guests – to think I was still...
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Apr.28.2013 - 12:05 pm
A Room of My Own
There is a tree outside the window of my new room.  An oak, with ivy wrapped around, embracing his body and lower branches.  His body, yes.  There is...
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Apr.14.2013 - 7:07 am
Images of Norwich
  I do not have a good relationship with Norwich Castle.  I am sorry.  I thought I would get used to its odd, sandcastle mould shape on the green hill but I have...
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Comments from Katherine

May.23.2013 - 3:24 pm
In response to: The Backstory as Defence Lawyer
Your father must have been a
Your father must have been a very sensible and perceptive man.  And you are a wonderful storyteller, Jane. Thank...
May.23.2013 - 12:53 pm
In response to: The Backstory as Defence Lawyer
I guess the important thing,
I guess the important thing, is to do whatever best agrees with you.  For my part, I find making up stories that...
May.23.2013 - 11:52 am
In response to: Have Faith
Interesting thought, and I
Interesting thought, and I see where you're coming from.   I don't think, when people thank God for saving them...
May.23.2013 - 11:30 am
In response to: Was the Woolwich murder a terror attack?
Shortly after watching the
Shortly after watching the news, last night, and being filled with a sense of horror, I cam across this article, which...
May.22.2013 - 11:56 pm
In response to: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Update
I don't know about your other
I don't know about your other readers, Nicholas, but I would really like to see tis picture.
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About Katherine

Before you ask – one half of me is English; the other half, a Middle-Eastern mix. I speak English, Italian, French and Russian, which accounts for my hybrid accent which has, so far, been mistaken for South African, Irish, Dutch, US American, German, and one...
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Katherine’s Favorite Books

'La Ragazza di Via Maqueda' (Dacia Maraini), 'A Many-Splendoured Thing' (Han Suyin), 'Berlin Cantata' (Jeffrey Lewis), 'The Places in Between' (Rory Stewart...