I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination.
Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.
Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.
I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs.
Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me.
We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.