The Camargue and a father and his daughter – another short story
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We were staying in the Camargue en route for Nice. It was the first time I’d been to that part of France and I loved it; the black bulls in the fields and the herds of white horses grazing, languidly swishing their tails to flick off flies. By sheer chance we’d hit a festival in Saintes Maries de la …
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The other day we went to Coco and I sat up on the highest rock and looked out to sea and watched the three cormorants sitting on their own rock spreading their wings out to dry. It was late afternoon and people were leaving the beach. I watched handsome dad and his daughter dressing precisely and well. He wore long, …
Read MorePebbles on the Beach – the art of reconfiguration
In my novel Watercress there is an emotional storm as the result of a family secret. After the event I have to decide whether the pieces can be repaired. I found a perfect metaphor for what takes place watching this occurrence on my local beach, after a storm. Initially I wrote it in my journal in the first person but have moved …
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