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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 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 and more notes for Stranger, a graphic work in progress
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
Posted in Comic strips, Drawings, Handwriting, Notebooks, Work in progress, Writing
Tagged graphic mystery/memoir, stranger, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg in Nottingham Castle tunnels
Last weekend I revisited Nottingham, where I grew up after we moved there from Devon, where I was born. Nottingham Castle is built on the top of a steep sandstone rock honeycombed with ancient tunnels and caves. I’d always wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Notebooks, Travels, Work in progress
Tagged caves, City of Caves, map, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Castle tunnels, story map, tunnels, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s notebooks (more of them)
Pages from a few of my many notebooks in the last year. I use my notebooks as a visual diary, a nursery for new ideas or notes for work in progress.
Posted in Comic strips, Notebooks
Tagged comic strips, notebooks, travel notes, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s notes about her childhood in Nottingham
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
Sally Kindberg’s work in progress/identity
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
Posted in Drawings, Family, Work in progress
Tagged comic strip, dementia, family, Finnish wedding skirt, handwriting, identity, mother, mystery/memoir, nursing homes, wedding skirt, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg attempts to sort her notebooks
Every so often I try and sort out some of my hundreds of notebooks, visual diaries mostly stored in glass fronted Globe Wernicke cabinets which open outwards from the top. This can be hazardous as occasionally I’ve been almost overwhelmed … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Handwriting, Notebooks, Sketchbooks
Tagged flea, Globe Wernickes, handwriting, notebook ideas, notebooks, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s work in progress, a comic strip mystery/memoir
When I was very small I visited Sweden with my mother and my much older sister. During our visit we went to Skansen, a folk museum. For years afterwards, my mother denied we’d ever been to Sweden, despite letters (and … Continue reading