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Shock and Awe

January 25, 2012January 25, 2012Caroline GardamComments Off on Shock and Awe

I just wrote my first car crash. I killed three people. It feels awful.

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Self indulgent chunk of flash memoir

February 3, 2014October 20, 2021Caroline Gardam

Memoir. It really should be avoided by all but those with the most interesting, important, timely, or unique stories. Oh well, tough. I just pulled another old writing exercise out of its box. It’s none of the above. This one’s being set free today because it’s my Superbowl story. It’s also an Ekka story. Does […]

Betty Beharell, my great-aunt, on her 100th birthday
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Betty

March 1, 2012October 20, 2021Caroline Gardam

So, my partner’s been admitted to hospital. Unexpectedly. He’ll be in there for somewhere between 2 and 4 weeks; they can’t be more precise, they have not much idea. Otherwise healthy as any other cycling-to-work, rowing-thrice-weekly, midlife-fit dude, he’s got a random thing happening with his facet joints in his lumbar spine, and only 42 […]

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NEW!

March 21, 2012Caroline Gardam

On another note, two more reviews have been chucked on the pile: Mad Women and Spoiled.

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The best-laid plans…
Hi ho, silver!

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