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I started posting to jtns on 20 February 2010 with just one word, 'Mosaic'. This seemed an appropriate introduction to a blog that would juxtapose fragments of memoir and life-writing. Since 1996, I'd been coming to terms with the consequences of emotional and economic abuse that had begun in childhood, and which, amongst other things, had sought to stifle self-expression. While I'd explored some aspects of my life through fiction and, to a lesser extent, journalism, it was only in 2010 that I felt confident enough to write openly about myself. I believed this was an important part of the healing process. Yet within weeks, the final scenes of my family's fifty-year nightmare started to play themselves out and the purpose of the blog became one of survival through writing. Although some posts are about my family's suffering - most explicitly, Life-Writing Talk, with Reference to Trust: A family story - the majority are about happier subjects (including, Bampton in rural west Oxfordshire, where I live, Oxford, where I work, the seasons and the countryside, walking and cycling) and I hope that these, together with their accompanying photos, are enjoyable and positive. Note: In February 2020, on jtns' tenth birthday, I stopped posting to this blog. It is now a contained work of life-writing about ten years of my life. Frank, 21 February 2020.

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Tuesday, 23 February 2016

welsh borders wedding, st mary's whitewell, iscoyd park, beloved family and friends, cholmondeley arms


Travelled to the Welsh borders near Whitchurch at the weekend for a family wedding.

What a wonderful occasion it was! Amazing service at St Mary's, Whitewell, and a fantastic reception at Iscoyd Park.

The dancing was especially fun!

It was lovely to see the bride and groom so happy and to be with beloved family and friends.

Stayed at the estimable Cholmondeley Arms, where we used to break our journey years ago when coming back from Scotland. Now under different management, it was still recognisably the place we once knew but in a fresh and vibrant new guise.
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