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Sally Kindberg and Robin Hood
Sad to learn yesterday that the giant oak tree, aka the Major Oak, in Sherwood Forest has died. It was over a thousand years old, its ancient and gnarled branches supported by metal struts, but apparently the hot weather finished … Continue reading
Posted in Comic strips
Tagged childhood., comic strip, handwritten text, mystery/memoir, Nottingham, oak leaf, Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, the Major Oak
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Snow Ghost
In May 2025 a BBC2 programme showed a venue called SantaClaus Village in Rovaneimi, Northern Finland, on the Arctic Circle, where tourists could visit Father Christmas all the year round and meet his attendant elves. The unusual thing about … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Work in progress, Writing
Tagged dreaming, Finland, graphic novel, handwriting, handwritten text, illusionist, mothers, mystery/memoir, Snow Ghost, the Winter War, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg and St Ia
A while ago my interest in early Celtic saints resulted in a series of drawings. Walking in Cornwall has always been one of my joys, and the story and image of St Ia, patron saint of St Ives, gripped my … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels, Walking
Tagged Celtic saints, cliff walk, coast path, Cornwall, gorse, handwritten text, Huers' Hut, Penwith, pilgrimage, Porthmeor beach, saints, signage, signposts, St Ia, St Ives, the Scillonian
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Sally Kindberg and a glimpse of childhood
A glimpse of childhood, originally part of Stranger, a work-in-progress but quite possibly in another form or even another story. Struwwelpeter was a big early influence. And the Grimm Brothers.
Sally Kindberg, Nottingham Castle and a work in progress again
Nottingham Castle often features in my stories. When a small child, I often had to stay in my grandmother’s house, one of whose cellars had a bricked up door, apparently leading to a network of tunnels honeycombing the nearby castle … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Work in progress
Tagged black and white drawings, comic strips story, cosmic ray experiments, fog, handwriting, handwritten text, Mrs. Shipstone's frock, mystery/memoir, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Park Estate, Nottingham tunnels, Nottingham University, tunnels, Victorian frock, visual narrative, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s Stranger, a work in progress (pencil roughs)
Pencil roughs for Stranger, a work in progress, a mystery/memoir in comic strip form. It’s moving slowly, but moving at least …
Posted in Drawings, Family, Work in progress
Tagged comic strip, dreams, faces, handwritten text, memoir, mother, mystery/memoir, pencil roughs, stranger
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