St Andrews was divided into 'town' - butcher, baker, candlestick-maker, tinker, tailor... and 'gown' - university people - which included us. Some 'town' people were sort of honourary 'gown' but I knew very few 'town' people. Sometimes, the 'town-school' boys spat on me as I passed by on the way to my school. Us and them...
Grouse - pheasant - peasant - I thought they all referred to poor Scots in the highlands whom the English tried endlessly to exterminate. So when I heard ... I wondered... Just as well we are 'university'.
Then one day, while reading, I noticed on a page that one 'pheasant' had an 'h' and another, not. I looked it up in my dictionary and reality dawned! What relief that I never asked - everyone would have laughed at me.
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Ha! Priceless!
My coffee nearly curdled when I saw that peasant trussed up! What fun you have in your pictures.
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Reminds me of being very worried by 'Trespassers will be prosecuted/persecuted/executed'; like countless other children. Adults have no idea, do they!
Priceless indeed!
Oh Alison your memories deserve to bound into a book, each and every one is "Priceless"
The cutest illustrations and I do agree; your stories would make one lovely book!
Ronell
Your memory paintings are so special, Alison. I think some of us have asked you, before--have you considered putting these into a book? They are just so full of a child's world and perspective.
annie
I am nearing the end of this series of memory paintings and yes, I am about to begin exploring the possibilities of publishing or at least self publishing - I guess cost will be the issue. Tomorrow, I am going to a talk at the local writer's centre about getting published.
Hi Alison, thank you for your visit and kind words. I can't sit up for long so it's hard to return the visits but I sure will when this is all over.
I've just been looking at all your memory pictures, and I have to tell you , they are really amazing and inspiring!
What great illustrations to go with a wonderful memory...I don't blame you for mashing your meat to check for shot, better to be safe than sorry! (I had the same confusion with gorillas/guerillas, the latter of which were always on the news in the 1970's)
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