Author Archives: SallyK

Sally Kindberg’s notebook selection 2021 so far …

Posted on October 13, 2021 by SallyK

  A few notebook pages, roughly in chronological order, sometimes reflective, often to do with journeys, and the use of Pritt Stick usually obvious. Cutting out and sticking is such a delight.   Occasionally content will find its way into a … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s RLF podcast includes an avian visitor

Posted on October 9, 2021 by SallyK

Another very short podcast for the Royal Literary Fund, about the writer and nature.    

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Sally Kindberg visits St Albans

Posted on September 20, 2021 by SallyK

The thirteenth century chronicler, artist, map maker and Benedictine monk Matthew Paris was based at St Albans, one of the reasons I decided to visit again – I first came here a few years ago. I’m a big admirer of … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg at the Eye Clinic

Posted on September 19, 2021 by SallyK

More notebook pages, this time about my latest visit to the eye clinic.  I’ve added the little eye card which I acquired some years ago when briefly visiting a religious cult in Canada. Loved the card but didn’t join as … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg is at her desk

Posted on September 7, 2021 by SallyK

   

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Wildlife in London

Posted on September 5, 2021 by SallyK

Walking round London is always a delight, especially when you spot some of its wildflife … clockwork pigeons in the Museum of London shop, a flock of Elizabeth Frink sheep in Paternoster Square where real pigeons cheekily land on the … Continue reading →

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Mondrian and the Seven Dwarves

Posted on September 2, 2021 by SallyK

Recently I walked past the London house where Mondrian once lodged, and thought about the postcard I’d seen at the Courtauld Gallery some years before at an exhibition of his work. I was intrigued not just by the artist’s work … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and dentists

Posted on August 30, 2021 by SallyK

How often do you floss? asked my dentist. I didn’t want to say every night, because it sounded like I hadn’t anything better to do, which I hadn’t, recently. The following week I bumped into my old dentist outside the … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s work in progress/identity

Posted on August 25, 2021 by SallyK

These are name tapes I had made for my mother when she was in her 90s and living in a nursing home.  Apart from being shocked when she attempted (three or four times) to strangle me – I tried not … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg visits the Larking exhibition at Southwark Cathedral

Posted on August 24, 2021 by SallyK

Last saturday I visited Southwark Cathedral’s small but fascinating Larking exhibition, a display of mudlarking treasures found (mostly) on the Thames foreshore.  Isn’t larking a happy-making word? Implying joyous activity I think. The little porcelain or bisque figures above are … Continue reading →

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