Tuesday
24 December 2013

Raising the Dragon
— by Unknown on Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Raising the Dragon
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The weekend before last we put on a French and Breton folk dance here on Dartmoor with Red Dog Green Dog and Wod (gig photos by Rima Staine...
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Wednesday
4 December 2013

The Story of Stories
— by Unknown on Wednesday, 4 December 2013

The Story of Stories
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Something of a departure for me this time - a story - so I hope you're sitting comfortably. It arrived, as so many of my ideas do, in th...
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