Author Archives: furnishedrooms

Packing Up

Posted on January 12, 2011 by furnishedrooms

Dear, I enjoyed your latest letter, though it left me melancholy: as melancholy possibly as you were writing it? Which is surely a sign of an effective writer: using the medium to convey her own emotion. Most writers don’t I … Continue reading →

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Christmas away from st Anne’s

Posted on December 31, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Sorry to keep you waiting, dear. Christmas occurred, and I’m also trying to straighten a few things out for the new year. I hope your solitude never deteriorated into loneliness, and that stupid reality kept from rearing it’s ugly face … Continue reading →

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Grounded Turkey

Posted on December 22, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Well, here we are, Dear, And here we’ll remain: it seems, at least until the weather lets up some. I am quite enjoying the Disaster aspect of winter this year, especially since it has prompted my family to stay put and … Continue reading →

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Sleepreading

Posted on December 17, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Dearest, I have of late added to my list of peculiarities the habit of not sleeping very well. Possibly I’m responding to your hypothetical Vicar beckoning to come help bring order to the vestry or to ring the changes, and … Continue reading →

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Swear Not By the Fickle Moon

Posted on December 13, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Darling, A New Year’s Resolution, you suggest, with the spirit of (may I suggest) a woman half your age. A New Year’s resolution – as though it might be kept. A New Year’s Resolution – as though there was a … Continue reading →

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Hark, the Herald Angels sing. Or so I’m told.

Posted on December 6, 2010 by furnishedrooms

‘This the season, and I won’t deny it. Have you seen this Sceptred Isle from above, when covered in snow like this? Quite, quite, forgiving. Snow like the cover you put over important furniture in rooms you don’t expect to … Continue reading →

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Let It Snow

Posted on December 2, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Dear, December is upon us. At times I wake to a light frost and those times I feel young again. You may think me creaky and cranky as an old door badly oiled – but Christmas is coming and that … Continue reading →

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The Bigot Question

Posted on November 26, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Beloved! It is, of course, ridiculous. This whole Tintin affair, I mean, not the impending expansion of your lineage. Perhaps your virtues, and your sensibilities regarding censorship, just decided to skip a couple of generations? Perhaps they are waiting for … Continue reading →

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Tintin in the Congo

Posted on November 22, 2010 by furnishedrooms

My Dear,  I am writing to you from The Pit, where my spirits are currently residing. My grand-daughter came to visit over the week-end. She’s having a baby, the goose, and wanted to go through at endless length old family … Continue reading →

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Borrowed Paperweight

Posted on November 16, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Apology altogether accepted, and wholly unnecessary. As we know, imitation is the most sincere form of copyright infringement. And to reiterate my claim from an earlier letter: you most certainly would make a great addition to this department. The ability … Continue reading →

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