Silence is a word that we think we all understand, but Sara Maitland's A Book of Silence has prompted me to think about the role silence plays in my own life. A few years ago, I suffered a bout of seriously debilitating nervous exhaustion. In the years I've been recovering I've realised that I have … Continue reading Degrees of silence
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Rhapsody in Green
Review of Rhapsody in Green by Charlotte Mendelson The only limit to your garden lies at the boundaries of your imagination, according to the American landscape designer Thomas D Church, and if you’re an author and a novelist, as Charlotte Mendelson is, then you probably have a pretty expansive imagination. Rhapsody in Green is about … Continue reading Rhapsody in Green