Category Archives: Handwriting

Sally Kindberg and islands

Posted on April 15, 2025 by SallyK

Islands are like magnets to me. Some I’ve visited because I was commissioned to write about them, or run workshops on them, others simply because I was curious. Sometimes my notes stay in one of my drawing books, biding their … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and exercises

Posted on December 11, 2024 by SallyK

Cold/stormy/apocalyptic weather conditions mean you may have to give up on your usual exercise regime. If you have a home, chair exercises can be rather exhausting, especially if the chair is heavy to lift off the ground.  I’m now developing … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and more notes for Stranger, a graphic work in progress

Posted on March 15, 2023 by SallyK

 Early events were disturbing: gaslighting, mysterious letters, a bit of levitation, the occasional exorcism.  And a missing father.  Later, after happier times, when the person you trust the most says ‘I’m not who you think I am’, you start asking … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and secret letters

Posted on December 3, 2022 by SallyK

Yesterday I went to see ‘Hidden Letters’ a film directed by Violet Du Feng about nushu, a secret calligraphic system invented and used by women in the nineteenth century (and probably even earlier) in rural China to communicate with and … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and mysterious handwriting

Posted on January 28, 2022 by SallyK

This is from STRANGER, my ongoing comic strip mystery memoir, a work in progress.  The frame above refers to the difficulty of writing a letter when told many times in the past that doing so would have dire consequences.  The … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s notes about her childhood in Nottingham

Posted on December 8, 2021 by SallyK

This seems to be a recurring theme (far too often?) in notes for my graphic mystery/memoir. From the age of three I occasionally stayed at my grandmother’s house in Nottingham, periods coinciding with my mother disappearing, then turning up with … Continue reading →

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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 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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More notebook pages

Posted on May 24, 2021 by SallyK

Couple of my notebook pages from last year included on SCBWI Words and Pictures

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Sally Kindberg goes exploring (kind of)

Posted on March 30, 2021 by SallyK

The other night I was so restless I went for a night walk, and realised I hadn’t been out during the night for ages.  Earlier I’d watched  a TV programme about Norwegian explorer Nansen trying to get to the North … Continue reading →

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