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26 Years On

Posted on June 2, 2022 by randallwrites

First published as a column in Scotland on Sunday under the title: The Gift of Laughter That Makes My Day on 2/6/2002 YESTERDAY was Marilyn Monroe’s birthday. She would have been 76. I often wonder, would she have gone gentle … Continue reading →

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My Relationship with Nature? — It’s Complicated

Posted on March 16, 2021 by randallwrites

Back in 2017 I published this essay about my relationship with nature with Evergreen. The holly tree referred to has since been uprooted by my neighbours, but it’ remains true that I have a complicated, not entirely amicable relationship with … Continue reading →

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Art & Photography. . .

Posted on February 10, 2019 by randallwrites

Greetings, The short version—no one needs the long version, least of all me—is that I have a beautiful, eccentric collection of books (photography, art, illustrated history, books about Hollywood, books about places, etc.) for sale. (See tag: Economic Reality.) Below … Continue reading →

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His Colours, They Were Fine

Posted on February 6, 2018 by randallwrites

Warning—possible triggers re: depression, death by suicide. Keeping a promise to a friend shouldn’t be hard. Promising to write about an intensely beautiful and moving art exhibition shouldn’t be hard. But lately words don’t seem to belong to me. On … Continue reading →

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Who Dat?

Posted on July 11, 2017 by randallwrites

(by any other name. . . ) Years ago, dining with a friend, I dropped my credit card on the table to cover my share of the bill. Glancing at the name it bore, she recoiled and hissed: “Who ARE … Continue reading →

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Deep Dish

Posted on May 14, 2017 by randallwrites

(These are not the dishes in question, but these dishes are for sale on my Etsy shop.) For my fourth and final year of university I moved off campus into a flat. I was sharing with a pal I’d met … Continue reading →

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The Mythology of Loss?

Posted on May 13, 2017 by randallwrites

I’m not a loser. That is, I don’t lose things. Oh sure, I’d be hard pressed to tell you what became of much of my childhood detritus — toys, clothes, the contents of our dressing up box. Let’s blame Mom … Continue reading →

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Binge Reading: Leonora Carrington

Posted on May 2, 2017 by randallwrites

The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington By Joanna Moorhead Out now from Virago Press, £20 hardcover Down Below  By Leonora Carrington Out 18 May from New York Review Books Classics £8.99 paperback The Hearing Trumpet By Leonora Carrington Exact Change Books … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Sarah Schmidt

Posted on April 29, 2017 by randallwrites

See What I Have Done By Sarah Schmidt Out 4 May from Tinder Press, £12.99 hardback Unsolved mysteries stick in our collective memory like burrs, a constant irritant to our curiosity. Every so often someone comes along with a solution … Continue reading →

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Apologetic Mode

Posted on April 27, 2017 by randallwrites

  I know, I know, where have I been? Off trying to earn money, trying to unscramble my head, and reading a lot of books that I’m either reviewing for an unnameable client (and most of which are horrific) or … Continue reading →

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