S.D. Evans
The Transformation seen by Gawain
The Maiden, who had been lithe and lissom, was now stooped and staggered. Her flesh that before was smooth and full was lined and hung...
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S.D. Evans
- Jan 1
- 2 min
At the turn of the year
'But now I must tell you about the Great Wheel that turns. It is a circle that takes everything back to its beginning. There is nothing...
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S.D. Evans
- Dec 23, 2022
- 1 min
Christmas at Camelot
Snow fell on the towers of Camelot, fluttering to its terraces and paths. All the fields were flattened like a white dining cloth spread...
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S.D. Evans
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
A circlet of stones
In her hair a circlet of stones shone like stars; droplets of amber and amethyst adorned her arms; her fingers had rings with pearls and...
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S.D. Evans
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
The Passing of Gawain
Sheltered within his pavilion, Gawain called for a pen and said to Arthur that before he died, he wanted to write to Lancelot. Arthur...
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S.D. Evans
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Snow fell on the Towers of Camelot
Snow fell on the towers of Camelot, fluttering to its terraces and paths. All the fields were flattened like a white dining cloth spread...
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S.D. Evans
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
Sometimes a story
A while back I worked out a plot for a novel that I thought I might write. That story turned on the discovery of a long lost manuscript,...
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S.D. Evans
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
art of translation
- Where did you get that translate from? - It is just a word, I said. I only meant that reading changes a person. You do not argue with...
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S.D. Evans
- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
Art of memory
The final days of a medieval bard and the final tale he told. How it changed the lives of the people who heard it. Sir Gawain and the...
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S.D. Evans
- Jul 19, 2022
- 1 min
The maiden awaits
The final days of a medieval bard and the final tale he told. How it changed the lives of the people who heard it. Sir Gawain and the...
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S.D. Evans
- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
perfect for readers of
Perfect for readers of The Crystal Cave, A Glastonbury Romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Arthurian mythology looked at afresh. ...
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S.D. Evans
- Jul 7, 2022
- 1 min
Moil, toil & turmoil
Disillusioned with the current state of the state? Encounter a man of honour, ability and scrupulous honesty. Sir Gawain and the Green...
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S.D. Evans
- Jul 2, 2022
- 1 min
Strange recipes
Tonight I will quench your curiosity about the Queen's room and the kind of conversation the clever wench had there with the lad Lancelot...
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S.D. Evans
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
The writing of poems
I understood that the art of memory that he had was a thing of the past, that he was amongst the last of his kind. The writing of the...
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S.D. Evans
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Hunting with hawks
After spring, summer came, with strong growth in the fields where seed had been sown. Birds sang in the trees teaching their young to...
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S.D. Evans
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Blank as an unwritten page
Snow fell on the towers of Camelot, fluttering to its terraces and paths. All the fields were flattened like a white dining cloth spread...
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S.D. Evans
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
Shortened quills, a pot of ink
There, spread open on the table, were books, and not the tally-books father used for keeping count of the money and his stock. There was...
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S.D. Evans
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
Scooped with a ladle
The third of them took from the folds of her gown a sickle-shaped knife, which she sharpened on a stone. The old woman scooped with a...
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S.D. Evans
- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min
Geese, goats, pigs, sheep
The town, when we came to it in the mid-afternoon, was walled, and the walls, though old, were not so broken down as those of our own...
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