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Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton is the author of books including The Way to the Sea and A Body Made of Glass and the creator of the Shedunnit podcast.
02
Jan

my fingers race to keep up with the high hat

I fell over this week. My unreliable left ankle gave way on the second from bottom stair and I toppled
6 min read
02
Jan

apfelstrudel is definitely in my future

One unexpected but delightful consequence of this newsletter format I’m doing at the moment is the volume of replies
7 min read
02
Jan

lunch usually takes longer than I give it

For me, life is all about small, iterative improvements at the moment. Big plans are shelved, for obvious reasons. I’
7 min read
02
Jan

starboard is green, except when it isn't

A stranger wrote to me this week to tell me that while reading my book they had learned a valuable
7 min read
02
Jan

how to do nothing again

I’m in an awkward limbo phase and I don’t like it at all. My Next Big Writing Project™
4 min read
02
Jan

don't laugh at me

I read a lot of articles every day. My job at The Browser means that I’m generally sifting for
3 min read
02
Jan

the world acquires a soft focus it does not possess

If you have any of those “on this day” features enabled on your social media accounts, you have like me
5 min read
02
Jan

a pen and paper is always as good

I think I have found my ideal pen. It is the Pilot G-Tec C4 and its extremely fine nib and
4 min read
02
Jan

I rushed home to share my topiary gossip

I cannot remember ever watching for the advent of spring so avidly as I have this year. Every dry day,
6 min read
02
Jan

the last day of the before

Everyone has lived through their own pandemic, but one entirely common experience is that memory of the last time we
8 min read