Author Adrienne Morris
The Writing Life at Middlemay Farm
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When not writing novels, you can find me knee-deep in farm muck.
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Author Adrienne Morris 
9 responses to “Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ~Charles Dickens”
Love Dickens!
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I used to get really excited that he was an aquarian–as if his talents made all aquarians more talented. haha.
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It took me a long time to “get” Dickens. And the same with H.P. Lovecraft. And for both of them, once it clicked, I would get really excited about them.
Yeah, I suppose even if one believe in astrology that one can expect that a person can pull up everyone born under the same star sign.
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My mother used to read us Dickens so we got used to the slow way he draws you in. By the time I read him myself I expected the first bit to be a bit of a slog. It always surprised me half way through that I was really enjoying it all and that certain scenes stuck with me.
Astrology is kinda silly anyway. 🙂
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Dickens is always a surprise to me. Haven’t read any in years. I need to get back to that.
Yes, astrology is silly. Very few belief systems have been so thoroughly debunked as that one.
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Dickens, eh? Nice. As children in Africa, my father would read Kipling to us…
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I always wanted to travel to Africa–of course I was raised watching movies from the colonial point of view. Everything looked so romantic. Life’s a bit more complicated.
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As a matter of fact, when we lived in post-colonial freshly independent Africa (1960-1971) life was pretty much movie-like. The Africans had obtained their independance, they were looking towards a bright future, the black-white relationship was fairly easy. Everybody happy! Africa was Beauty incarnate.
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The world is much bleaker now.
Have a nice week-end my friend.
(Kwaheri sassa; see you soon in Swahili!)
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What ruined it? I Know so little about it all, I’m afraid.
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