claire pearce
I'm not as clever as I look
Dear Lucy, I’ve been cursed throughout my life with unwelcome assumptions of intelligence. I never discouraged it mind you. Clever people...
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Dear Lucy
claire pearce
- Jun 27
- 2 min
Early Flight
Dear Lucy, I’ve always wanted to need to catch an early flight, to have something important enough to need to leave first thing in the...
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claire pearce
- Jun 19
- 4 min
Death throes
Dear Lucy, This is the story of a Bumblebee whose life I was unable to save, or end. I’m not proud of my actions and have learned much...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 4 min
Barbershop
Dear Lucy, I love going to the barbershop round the corner. It’s not strictly a barbershop, it’s a salon, but it’s staffed (and...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 3 min
Crown Green Bowling Therapy
One of my favourite evenings of 2022 I have a new Jigsaw laid out and the conversation is flowing on the table to my right. “How big is...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 4 min
Just before Chris
Dear Lucy, I found this post which I never quite finished at the time. It was from when I’d just met Chris online but not yet met him in...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 4 min
Get rid of the Palace of Westminster
Dear Lucy, I’m not a political person. However, my interest has been piqued by the embarrassing shenanigans that have transpired over the...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 7 min
Aha - Alan joins a Write for your Life workshop
Dear Lucy, You’ll never guess who came to one of my workshops the other week… Alan Partridge! Here’s how it transpired. The workshop I...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 5 min
Bob the Robot (Family)
Dear Lucy, Do you remember the advert from last Christmas where they had that robot cheering up sad single people, well I don’t think I...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 3 min
Flesh and Blood
Dear Lucy, It occurred to me recently that I’m never going to get a knock on the door from a child I never knew I had. I think I’ve been...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 3 min
My Christmas Carol
Dear Lucy, My favourite story of all time is A Christmas Carol, and this year, I’ve had my very own ‘Ebenezer moment’, though without the...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 3 min
I am not alone
Dear Lucy, You may be worrying about me being all alone during lockdown. Fearing that I may go slightly mad, climb the walls, start...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 4 min
Spider Funeral
Dear Lucy, A dead spider lay on my window sill. Legs shrivelled into an octopus like bundle, dead body at the top still holding them all...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 3 min
Lifeline Pen parts 2 & 3 - the long goodbye
Dear Lucy, Shit’s getting real. That pen I wrote to you about recently – the green lifeline one (where I had the feeling, when it ends,...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 2 min
Lifeline Pen
Dear Lucy, I had the weirdest feeling about my green pen last Thursday. It’s hard to describe what happened. It was like a crack of...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 3 min
Kelsey Grammer
Dear Lucy, Did I ever tell you about when I bumped into Kelsey Grammer? He was in London starring in the musical Big Fish. I wanted to...
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claire pearce
- May 31
- 2 min
I meant Neanderthal
I called a man a Philistine the other day. Well, I almost did. I actually wanted to call him a philistine which, turns out, wasn’t even...
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