Why?

I'm a Damawyn.

Damawyn is a Cornish word for Granny - it means 'Fair Dame', and was used only for the most senior matriarch in the family, as a sign of respect. My mother was known as Damawyn to my sons as they grew up, and now I am the Damawyn... 'there can be only one!!!'
This is my second attempt at a blog (wasn't impressed with my efforts on Tumblr).
I was going to call this Damawyn's Druthers - lovely word - and not one I'd heard before. Preferences, choices, selections, it means. So here you will find the special druthers of a Cornish granny in exile, in this, my second, tentative, blog.
The focus will be on beautiful, weird or unusual items I have found in my antiques hunt... in particular those I have had most success with... but there will be a miasma of other bits of my daily life, observations and thoughts...

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Gallimaufry - new book!

Well - Gallimaufry is now for real!


After - what? - twelve years, of compiling, creating, checking, adding, refining, puzzling, re-creating - I now have a physical book with over 3500 collective nouns available to buy!

Self-published with Lulu Publishing, and none the worse for that...

Here's the link to my new shopping website:
Gallimaufry on Quiddity
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Monday, February 06, 2012

My son featuring in a Banksy painting in Bristol - Imgur

My son featuring in a Banksy painting in Bristol - Imgur
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