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Concorde, Covent Garden and Confession...

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Dear Juliet Risked the train going to London on the 18th (seats were like hard benches from the nineteen-thirties, complete with large spikes), but it was still warm in London town with the buzz of the city around me and opportunities at large. This quote on the side of a train at Euston somewhat summed it up: Helped an older lady find her way to Waterloo. She was a literary fan, told her she was sitting next to an author, made her day... Henry Pordes had a new/old copy of Cannery Row (1945) in, the Tartt was still on the shelves and I saw The Usual Suspects! Then I walked down towards Wyndham and Garrick theatres, and stumbled upon the one play in London I really did want to see. So here comes my confession. I got a ticket for Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird . Royal Circle, F26. And here's the thing, wherein lies the conscience of the king... I know you're a stage actress at heart, and of course I'd have casually told anyone who asked that you love the tread of t...
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Even More Backed Up!

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Dear Juliet Back from New Cross (ducks sent their love), just running/stumbling out to work, will cobble together something vaguely resembling a blog post when I get back... I haven't forgotten about you. Love, James
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Backed Up!

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Dear Juliet I'm afraid I've got to go to New Cross to have my heart checked (think it's still beating), then I got blackmailed into doing a shift tonight. I'll probably climb Bridgnorth's steps again out of sheer cussedness. I'm sorry I don't have time to talk now and tell you more, but it was a good trip. The photos are still in rough cut, but I think I've got one candid shot I'll call "The Usual Suspects!" I hope you're okay? Love for today, James
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Back!

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Dear Juliet Just to mention I'm back. A bit bleary as I stay out in Soho too late, but I will write in more detail later. Don't think I've brought the British government down this time... Are you okay? 🤗 Love, James On the way there...
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Yet Another Hug From Shropshire!

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Dear Juliet Just heading off, and I realised I hadn't given you a hug in a while. So... 🤗 Hope you enjoyed it! Love, James
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Bringing Down the Government By the Blue Box!

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Dear Juliet Just to be sure you know I'm away 18th-20th August, hopefully bringing down the British government again, probably going to Henry Pordes and keeping an eye out for Tartts! Usual contact details . Earliest contact details . I don't think I included my email address, so: james.christie466@btinternet.com And I'll just ask: Photo of Dear Miss Landau in front of something historic? Actually, that's pretty much a given... T-shirt from London? Something for Romana from The Who Shop ? And here's an excerpt from Redemption about Drusilla in London... It wasn’t her London, Dru knew that. But some sights and sounds had a faint and shadowy familiarity. She had been in and out of London with William a number of times over the last hundred and twenty years, sometimes psychotic and babbling, at other times half-lucid and aware. She had seen the city change from a soot-blackened slum of sweating brickwork on the shores of the Thames, wreathed in murky fog which tore ...
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Thelma and Louise at Lobos...

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Dear Juliet I'd had a serious and supportive thought for the start of this one, then several other things impinged (looks like you looked at five blogs of mine about Point Lobos last night?) and I had a Thelma & Louise moment, perhaps mixed with Galaxy Quest ... Well, it all works off the supportive thought, which is this: As I understand it, children of narcissists often think they need someone's permission to do stuff. No you don't. You're free. I think I'll just repeat that. You. Are. Free. Obviously, don't go all Thelma and Louise . There are laws and social norms. But you are absolutely free to pursue life, liberty and happiness. Like, really. I'd just been thinking about the Carmel River Inn myself. Seems like they've also got a Morning Joy Café these days and there's a Safeway across the road. Monastery's nearby. You also seem to get really good rates if you stay Sunday to Thursday. And that's the thing. If you just want to take...
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