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Thoughts on the season’s turning
Every now and then I post one of the texts I’ve transcribed as part of my continuing research into the life and work of Georgiana Molloy. Some of the things on my mind lately have been the connections between us all – Georgiana and me and you – that transcend time and place. A conversation […]
Living history
/2 CommentsEach time I visit Fairlawn, the home where Georgiana Molloy spent the last few years of her short life, I’m drawn to the garden, for obvious reasons. One tree in particular, a Black mulberry, always pulls me to gaze up at the sky through its lichen-laced branches or to touch its gnarly trunk. Although the […]
Through a different lens
This image is a photograph of a letter seen through the magnifying lens of the Reading Room camera at the Battye Library. I chose this one because I wanted to write today about different ways of looking and different ways of thinking. I’ve been bent over my keyboard for weeks trying to complete some writing […]
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- ‘A Lady’s Pen’ The botanical letters of Georgiana Molloy August 4, 2023
- ‘AND LASTLY… ‘ March 21, 2021
- The Arum Lily Story April 28, 2019
- Thoughts on the season’s turning October 30, 2018
- Living history August 29, 2018
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