My father returns from the war to great rejoicing.  But the next day my parents had a huge row when he announced he wanted to take us all to  London.  In the end my father and i went on our own.  It was stupendous, a beacon that stands out from my childhood.  My Dad and I have been to London, I sneered to the girl on the toadstool when I woke up in my bedroom the next day. We defied you and all the other women and went to London.   The next day he returned to the...

My father returns from the war to great rejoicing. But the next day my parents had a huge row when he announced he wanted to take us all to London. In the end my father and i went on our own. It was stupendous, a beacon that stands out from my childhood. My Dad and I have been to London, I sneered to the girl on the toadstool when I woke up in my bedroom the next day. We defied you and all the other women and went to London. The next day he returned to the...

A Visit to London

A fictionalized account of my childhood.  I've had to make up most of my earliest memories: my delight in the new world I found myself in, my unrestricted love for my mother (not to last alas) and hers for me. But I'm remembering them as they must have been  somewhere in my subconscious I guess.  They feel more like facts than fantasies. Only fiction can catch the truth of what we feel. Photo of tree by aad courtesy of Flickr creative commons

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A fictionalized account of my childhood. I've had to make up most of my earliest memories: my delight in the new world I found myself in, my unrestricted love for my mother (not to last alas) and hers for me. But I'm remembering them as they must have been somewhere in my subconscious I guess. They feel more like facts than fantasies. Only fiction can catch the truth of what we feel. Photo of tree by aad courtesy of Flickr creative commons

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A Visit to London

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