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By the Thames

Posted on June 8, 2025 by SallyK

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 →

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Travelling to Mars by boat

Posted on January 27, 2025 by SallyK

As a pre-Christmas treat last year I visited Mars, travelling by boat. After all I’ve worked as a travel writer,and was always interested in space.  But it’s an uneasy interest now, after intentions for space colonialism were made by a … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s Museum of Dust – dust from the Treacle Well steps

Posted on June 30, 2022 by SallyK

It was the Dormouse who mentioned the treacle well. Before he fell asleep again and was put back in the teapot. The absurdist story of the treacle well occurs in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; there actually is a treacle well, … Continue reading →

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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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Sally Kindberg walks by the Thames

Posted on May 18, 2021 by SallyK

   

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Sally Kindberg on the Thames foreshore

Posted on March 4, 2021 by SallyK

Yesterday, March 3rd,  would have been my youngest sister’s birthday. I waited for the Thames to float this paper boat, a sort of ritual to celebrate my sister’s memory.  Yellow seemed a good colour to represent a kind, mischievous, generous … Continue reading →

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