Emily Tellwright

Author, Artist, Publisher

Christmas and New Year

  • Acrylic painting of sun shining through tall pine trees casting long shadows against blue sky.

    Epiphany

    Packing Christmas away Epiphany: time to take the decorations down and go back to work. (Actually, we take ours down before Epiphany these days, as no one visits after New Year’s Day and there is a lot more celebrating in the run up to Christmas than there was in the time of the twelve days’…

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  • Acrylic still life painting of wood-burning stove with wrapped gifts, a flask of tea, mince pies and a glass of brandy set out in front on top of a red, fur-trimmed cape.

    Merry Christmas

    Busy I’m tired. What with the launch of Castle Sefton Press‘ first book – Ghost Train – and preparations for Christmas, I think that’s only natural. And it’s good to be tired from doing productive things. At the last minute too, CSP also had to deal with some new EU legislation, the new General Product…

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  • Drawing of old fashioned Christmas food - duck, wine, fruit cake - with candle and holly.

    What Will You Carry Through to the New Year?

    Christmas is fast approaching. It is once more the time of short, dark days, warm glows and twinkly lights, hearty meals and inward pleasures. Like Clyde in Ghost Train, I have prepared the dark, rich foods of the heart of winter: mincemeat, fruit cake and a round splodge of a Christmas pudding. The first mince…

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