Earthlady was my very first online username, for a quiz site run by a well-known stationer and bookseller back in 1992. Since then, the Internet has grown beyond recognition, and my username has been appropriated hundreds of times, hence the addition of original!
I’ve kept a handwritten journal, intermittently, for many years, and have recently started to write some memories of my childhood, conscious of the passage of time and of the disconnect that sometimes exists between my daughters’ lives and experiences in Turkey and my own early life in England.
In an effort to close some of the gaps and at the same time to share my reminiscences with family and perhaps with a wider audience, I intend to write here occasionally. Eventually, I might even curate from my journals, and save my girls the chore of going through all my belongings one day!
Later I’ll add more colour and some personality, but since today, 3rd December, is such a special date in my memory, I just want to get started.
Fading Memories 