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Perhaps she was a Selkie, or it was just a way of dehumanising her. I’ve walked by there many times but never ventured into the sea. Too cold without a sealskin perhaps.

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A selkie! I love the thought of that. But also the possibility of dehumanising is grim.

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Lovely recreation that turns back to your story.

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

Oh. How I must visit Scotland. Oh how I must. I am apparently almost half Scottish!! We had a castle and all sorts

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Important journey must be arranged immediately.

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

If only I could

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

But I will

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Oct 23, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

And the current generation of landed gentry bungee jump topless. Says it all really

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It’s called Progress

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Eleanor Anstruther

‘Janet ordered it levelled.’ I can see where you get it from

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😂😂😂 Get off my land etc

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That ringing bell to protect her dignity while bathing is another illustration of defamiliarization that I'll file away! Also similar to taking violence offstage. The reader must complete what remains unseen.

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