You are not serious when you are seventeen. You think you are, but you are not. You swear to love each other for ever in the darkness of the night and make love in the backseat of his Dad’s car. You think this is all there is and there will always be music swirling around you to provide a soundtrack for your life. You think summer always comes after the end of school and you have time to hide away from responsibilities and eat as much strawberry ice cream as you can because you will never get fat. You are suspended on a string of infinity, a shining pearl of possibilities. But strings are meant to be torn, ice creams to melt and summers to end. Summer love withers from the cold kiss of winter and just a year later the back seat listens to the drunken giggle of another girl.
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Coming Up in 2020
We open 2020 with a wonderfully evocative Short Story by one of our regular contributors Annie Dawid – ‘June’s 21st Birthday, and the Mothers’ is a bittersweet tale with an optimistic ending. The story will also be available as a Podcast read by Cherise Silvestri. Our Podcasts can be found on various platforms worldwide.
The Brooch of the Month for January is by Olive Commons.
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The Goldsmiths' Fair
Journeys through Jewellery
Rue Pigalle designs women-only trips around the world, for intimate groups of art, jewellery and culture lovers. Isabelle describes herself as having three passions; jewellery, art and craftsmanship. She takes her clients on journeys of discovery around the world, destinations include Paris, Barcelona and New York. There are trips to London planned in 2020 and as a prelude Isabelle asked me to write two pieces on this year’s Goldsmiths’ Fair. Followers of my Brooch of the Month blog will know I regularly visit and shop at the Goldsmiths’ Fair, so I was delighted to take up the challenge and report back all the highlights for readers of Rue Pigalle.
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