Tag Archives: growing up

12 things your grandparents said…

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Sue Vincent

When you are very young, forty seems ancient and grandparents are, of course, so old they are practically another species. Like dinosaurs…almost- but-not-quite extinct and very much at home in museums. Their homes bear the traces of a ‘bygone era’…you … Continue reading →

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Spirit y’all? – Stuart’s journey

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Sue Vincent

The second of our accounts of the journey so far…. Spirit y’all? by Stuart France ‘Our own journey is entirely imaginary: that is its strength’ – Louis Ferdinand Celine I grew up in a religiously tolerant family which knew a … Continue reading →