The hole in the wall
A little boy looks into a dry stone wall and imagines who might inhabit it. Poem with illustrations. A6 softback (postcard size) 24 pages.
Words and illustrations by Ann Perrin
Produced by The Dry Stone Walling Education ProjectThe Puppeteers Daughter
The poems explore the complexity of life as the daughter of marionette makers and performers. There are poems concerned with life, love and loss, also the seaside, artists, allotments and the eccentricities of life.
Buy now - £6.60Don’t Throw Away the Daisies (illustrated)
Ann’s poetry covers the big topics of love and death with originality. Take for instance the title poem which is full of surprises yet also wonderfully poignant.
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Year of the horse came a bit too early
I thought Chinese New Year was on the 24th Jan. Whoops ‘more haste less speed’. I was a bit premature, it starts tomorrow and is the year of the horse. It actually … Continue reading
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Digit with Joe Talbot – perfect for Sunday mornings.
It has become a bit of a Sunday ritual, listening to Joe and often Jean Griffin on BBC Sussex and Surrey with breakfast in bed. Maybe sorting some papers out, checking emails but later letting the joys of gardening creep down … Continue reading
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Christmas at Home in 1944
Loved the programme ‘Wartime Farm’ about Christmas 1944 on BBC 2. I guess it will be available on iplayer for a few days yet. I was only four years old in 1944 but I remember the paper lanterns we used … Continue reading
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How To Survive Christmas Alone – Homily 2
Changing job, moving to a new area, death of loved ones, all these things can bring loneliness in its wake particularly on Sundays and at Christmas when families and/or old friends tend to … Continue reading
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Allotments for beginners – down to earth with a bump
After all the drama surrounding the big fire on Cranleigh Avenue I had completely forgotten I had intended to download my new pics on our allotment so it’s down to earth with a bump. A new reader who had just acquired … Continue reading
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Oh, the joys of a very strange inheritance!
Busy untangling some of our marionettes today, what a mess some of them seem to have got themselves into. As I did it I was thinking that much of this will be a lost art one day. Will anyone … Continue reading
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Rose hip syrup and wartime perseverance.
Seeing a whole tree of rose hips at my son’s cottage the other week, reminded me of the rose hip syrup my mother and many other mothers were making during the war. Apparently they are packed with vitamin C even … Continue reading
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Don’t let the Autumn get you down!
Autumn is not my favourite time. O.K it’s lovely to see the colours, to be grateful for any kind of harvest especially as I can still pick a handful of raspberries in the garden most mornings. But then there’s the sea … Continue reading
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Ann Perrin 