Doña Isabel de Porcel by Goya was my surrogate mother! (flash fiction)
Goya, Doña Isabel de Porcel 1805, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I wrote this piece as an experiment in first narrative character development. I was four when my parents divorced. Forced to a...
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Zurich sculpture, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I worked for 15 hours on Saturday and on Sunday I decided I would do a lot of walking to make up for sitting at a desk for such long hours. So I...
View ArticleThe traveller
Arriving from Luton airport, I walked through long corridors, stood in many queues passed the Passport control. I took the coach and going through the town I could see the same H&M eye catching...
View ArticleSilver Chinese Lion
DSC04136, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I cast this in resin and painted it silver and gave it as a birthday present. When I was 17 ( before the revolution when I had money in my pocket) I went...
View ArticleThe Orchard, Granchester
The Orchard, Granchester, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. The Orchard is a Tea Garden in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. It is a place that looks frozen in time. In 1868, it became a Tea Garden...
View ArticleFancy bumping into you again Professor Hawking
220px-Stephen_Hawking_in_Cambridge, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. Living in Cambridge, we’ve bumped into Professor Stephen Hawking a few times. Often wheeled around by his family, from the side...
View ArticleShakespeare
shakespeare, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I bought this antique book when I was 20. I bought it for £4.50. The book must had been published around 1895. It is signed by J Elogen 1899, perhaps...
View ArticleMy father in a new suit aged 15 and uncle aged 12
baba_amoo, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. He had started working in the Abadan refinery when he was 11. By 15 he was a competent lathe worker. He bought this suit as a present for himself. Filed...
View ArticleRegained Grandour
Regained Grandour, a set on Flickr. Back in 1977 when I was 13, I was fortunate enough to be awarded this comic book titled “Azemat-e Baazyaafteh” (“Restored Grandeur”) by my school. It is perhaps now...
View ArticleLeaving Moon city-autobiographical flash fiction
maltabus, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. A day earlier in Abadan our passports and tickets were ready for collection. Dad spoke to this guy in the ticket office who dropped the word OK in every...
View ArticleMy brainstorm quote for today
All genes are selfish, but some people’s selfish genes are more selfish than others! Filed under: Memoirs, Written work Tagged: Film Review, Humour, Iran, Iranian, Middle East, ramintork, فارسی, هنر,...
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