Liz and Peter Griffin, celebrating fifty years together on 15th May 2015. Continue reading
Golden years
Golden years
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© 2015 Kate Griffin. All rights reserved.
As beautiful as a prince
As beautiful as a prince
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I do not know if other villages have this tradition; but in Gon Zaung, a village in central Myanmar, they used to have this charming custom: when a boy was about to enter the monastery as a novice, another family … Continue reading
Temple goers
Temple goers
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Visiting Old Pagan, Myanmar, November 2014 Continue reading
In Season
In Season
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Street market in Yangon, Myanmar, November 2014. Continue reading
White garlic pan-fried in dew
White garlic pan-fried in dew
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Farmers Towering trees shade a brushwood gate, emerald moss dappled with falling light. They hoe lotus, a mountain moon rising, and then, searching thin mist for a trail, the old man leads a child, eyes following their starveling ox taking … Continue reading
Between places
Between places
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Sometimes a feeling of home occurs while one is in transit, between places, or in the wilderness, a no-place which is different from a placeless place. It is a feeling of being emptied, of being dispossessed of all ideas and … Continue reading
Petunjuk menyeduh teh
Petunjuk menyeduh teh
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or How to make tea Continue reading
It seems too good to be true
It seems too good to be true
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Text: a letter from Freda MB Peskett to Eileen Margaret Shaw, 1937
Photos: a day trip to Hakone, 2014 Continue reading
View from an armoured vehicle
View from an armoured vehicle
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Driving the streets of Karachi. Continue reading
Rivers of China
Rivers of China
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‘Oh dear,’ she said, ‘I do wish I hadn’t married. I wish I’d been an explorer.’ And then she said dreamily, ‘The Rivers of China, for instance.’ ‘But what do you know about the rivers of China, darling,’ I said. … Continue reading
Wonder and mystery
Wonder and mystery
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I was born with the gift of rain, an ancient soothsayer in an even more ancient temple once told me. This was back in a time when I did not believe in fortune-tellers, when the world was not yet filled … Continue reading
Impossible worsted stockings
Impossible worsted stockings
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Tan interrupted. “But the British have held India by their guns for over a hundred years.” “You are mistaken,” said Poya. “The British hold India down by their charm.” “What charm?” said Tan, gulping with surprise. “By being handsome,” said … Continue reading