At the moment … I'd like to disappear off to this Penzance shop to quietly keep my head down away from the news … to be able to read lots of books – but life is here in sunny old Eastbourne – when the sun decides to show its face again …
I'm forever blowing bubbles appeared in my little grey cells – the lyrics don't really fit the time … but I could happily sit on the sands dreaming as the days pass … til the need to blow bubbles has passed.
The lighter days cometh … it is now warmer and of course damper – British weather.
I have numerous tomes, some shorter!, I hope to talk to you about some of them – all in due time of course … for now the winter darkness is still around … but these crocuses are reaching above ground to cheerfully greet us … and remind us time doth pass …
I'm off to an exhibition on Sunday using the Sussex Art Shuttle … a little bus that takes us from the Towner Gallery out to Charleston (Bloomsbury Group Sussex home) … meandering through the swathes of snowdrops, early daffodils and those crocuses …
Not to the bookshop (or the edge of the world) … but a bright informative exhibition in the Sussex landscape will satisfy … enjoy your times …
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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8 comments:
The Sussex Shuttle is a very clever idea. The Bloomsbury Group's Sussex Home was one of the first places I wanted to visit, once I went back to uni to study British art history.
Thank you for talking about the exhibition that some people won't know about. Yet!
Hari OM
I am ever grateful that we have galleries and parklands and shorelines...and bookshops... to escape to and forget the mad, mad, mad world we currently are faced with.... YAM xx
The Edge of the World Bookshop is such a lovely name. The place looks so very inviting too, the kind of place to lose oneself. As YAM says, it is a mad, mad, mad world we are faced with at present; here we have to contend with the constant madness south of the border. To hole up in a bookstore seems a very inviting prospect. Best wishes - David
The art shuttle is a great idea. I’m torn between appalled fascination and wanting to hide my head in the sand at the news at the moment.
Your art escapade sounds delightful. I'm posting about a little jaunt to some local galleries. Yes, blow bubbles, view art, or go to The End of the World Bookstore...any escapism is worth it. Take care. The crocuses have hope.
Enjoy the exhibition! Cold winter here. With snow and ice!
Oh what beautiful crocuses. Enjoy the exhibit:) Cheers,
@ Hels - yes the little bus is brilliant ... and definitely serves a purpose.
@ Yam - we are so lucky to have so many options effectively on our doorsteps - wherever we live or go ... and yes bookshops ... thank goodness for them - reading is definitely addictive ... and we can now escape to our own worlds ...
@ David - Mum and I would often go into the bookshop and she would always be in there: books are meant to be read and I hunkered down as a kid. It is a mad mad world - I am just spending as much time away from that sort of upendedness that's going on: I am so glad I'm not a politician!!
@ Anabel - the art shuttle is fun ... I got the Sunday wrong - it's next week ... but as we're due lots of rain tomorrow so that's fine - hopefully we'll have a dry day. I listen a bit and then think enough is enough and take myself off - like you.
@ Joanne - yes the little journey through the countryside will be a delight - and it's a country route ... and blowing bubbles - when it's warmer ... that's what I'll be doing. The crocuses are looking glorious at the moment - I love them. Escapism is essential right now.
@ Alex - yes we will ... one of our best living artist's ... so I'm looking forward to seeing his work in person: it'll be different. Well I'm glad I haven't got your weather ... it is warmer here - wet too!
@ Sandra - I love the swathes of bulbs we see appearing in our countryside or grassy park areas ... yes the exhibition is next week ... I thought it was tomorrow ... but - another week to think about it!
Cheers to you all ... warm and dryish down here by the sea ... Hilary
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