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Category Archives: Travels
The Museum of Dust continuing on its travels
Adding to the Museum is always an adventure … meeting people on my journeys and discovering stories about a location, event or a character. My miniature dustpan and brush, essential for the collection process, has to be replaced after a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Travels, Workshops
Tagged angels, dust, events, Fenland, Museum of Dust, St Wendreda, St Wite, talks, Whitchurch Canonicorum, workshops
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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall once again
Sometimes only gazing at and walking by the sea can bring a momentary respite from the news of global ghastliness. And I was almost born in the sea, after all, but in the Devon sea which lapped at the end … Continue reading
Posted in Travels, Visits, Walking
Tagged Blue Seas Hotel, coast walks, Cornwall, Gulval, Jelberts Ice Cream, Mousehole, Newlyn Gallery, pemboa flowers, Penzance, St Michaels Way
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Travels in Space
Although not yet an astronaut, I have drawn and written about them. Curiosity about space travel started early on. As a child I was a big fan of the exploits of handsome ‘pilot of the future’ Dan Dare in the … Continue reading
By the Thames
Yesterday at Blackfriars in the drizzle I was vaguely looking for treasure. Three canoeists arrived from Putney, taking a break on the foreshore before continuing their journey downriver. Two were disabled – one was blind. I’m happier on the water … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged Blackfriars, canoeists, forehore, looking for treasure, river Thames, St Paul's Cathedral
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Squeaky
Printed ephemera, bits of packaging and one or two 3D items of interest collected over the years cover one wall of my apartment. One of them became part of a morning ritual. Some time ago, on a visit to Prague, … Continue reading
May Day with Deptford Jack in the Green and the Fowlers Troupe
The only member of the Fowlers Troupe I recognised, from seeing his work before, was Bob Humm,wearing the horse’s head. Despite wearing a coronet of leaves I felt distinctly underdressed. The procession left its starting point at the Dog and … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Travels
Tagged ancient festival, Bob Humm, Deptford, Dog and Bell, folk customs, folk festival, Fowlers Troupe, Jack in the Green, May Day, trees
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Sally Kindberg’s visit to Cornwall
My tiny Penzance bedroom – more like a ship’s cabin than a B&B room – overlooked the sea. The sea lured me out every morning despite the wet, grey weather, and I was fortified by a delicious breakfast. Everything is … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged 'Social Fabric' exhibition, Alfred Wallis, Celia Pym, fishing boat, fishing harbour, Newlyn, Newlyn fish, Vivian Leigh's jacket
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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall
After a damp few days eventually the sun came out and I walked through Penzance to Marazion, using the coast path along the side of Mounts Bay, once the site of an ancient forest. I called inland at Gulval church … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged Alfred Wallis, Cornish walks, Cornwall, Ella Frears, Ella Frears poem, Gulval, Gulval church, Marazion, Penzance, St Ives, St Michael's Mount, St Michaels Way, Tate St Ives
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Sally Kindberg and islands
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
Posted in Drawings, Handwriting, Travel writing, Travels
Tagged Holy Island, Hven. Lundy, islands, Sark, Shetland, Ven
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The Queen in my suitcase
‘Aha!’ said a member of Glasgow airport’s security staff as a small Royal person was revealed lurking at the bottom of my suitcase. Ten years ago this summer, whilst returning from the Outer Hebrides, my luggage set off a shrill … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels, Visits, Workshops
Tagged an Lanntair, Bernara, carvings, chess, chess sets, Iceland, islands, Isle of Lewis, Lewis chess set, Outer Hebrides, Queen, Stornaway Gazette, travel, Uig, Vikings, Visit Scotland
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