“Solitude suits me. Sometimes I wear my old boots and my man’s coat and sometimes I put on silk, and no one’s any the wiser, and certainly not me.”
Excerpt from the book: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, 2016
Excerpt from the book: The Essex Serpent
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I can relate, living by one’s self is peaceful.
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Yes, it certainly can be. 🙂
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Love the photo.
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Thank you Tim 🙂
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What a beautiful photo to go with a wonderful excerpt (my kinda gal).
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😉 It’s a great book!
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Duly added to my list!
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BEAUTIFUL PIC AND VERY WELL SAID
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thank you!
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Put on your big coat
go to the shops
no one knows
underneath
pyjamas on 🙂
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love that! 🙂
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Sometimes, no matter, how you dress up to, look like, someone else, you still can’t quite escape, you…
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very true
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Being comfortable enough with yourself to live happily by yourself is a true accomplishment.
Great photo, Sylvia. Now I’m and Easterner, they look like trees I’ve been taking photos of in our yard. But what are the lights? –Curt
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Yes, I agree. The lights are little houses down the hill…I shot this from my side porch. It’s not a great shot, I know, but the feeling I got from it when I looked it over was contentment. And of course, that’s probably not at all what anyone else may see in the shot but it matched the comfort and contentment of these lines from this book I just finished, so I used it. It’s slightly blurry which very often I like. My daughter asked me recently if I need glasses and we laughed because I always favor slightly “off” photos (“off” in one way or another). One of the many reasons I didn’t do well in photography class 40 years ago.
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Actually, I viewed the lights as more magical than anything else. Little fairy lanterns, if you will. 🙂 I felt they enhanced the photo. And they were better blurry!
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yes, the glowing is magical! Thanks Curt. 🙂
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Oh my! This excerpt is so apt and so perfect – I need to lie down with it a while. Thank you so much for popping in to my blog yesterday so I could find you!
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It was an interesting read. I just finished watching the Limited Series on Apple TV which was based on the book. As always, the book is more nuanced and more interesting and the writing is very beautiful but the show was also beautiful visually and I thought some of the simplification of the book was refreshing. Anyway, good read. 🙂 And also, I always enjoy your writing on your blog. Keep on keeping’ on.
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