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Why You Should Appreciate The Little Things

November 16, 2015 by Icy Sedgwick 11 Comments

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In the aftermath of the horrific week we’ve had, including earthquakes in Japan and Mexico, and attacks in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris, it would be easy to focus on the negative, and assume the world is teetering on the brink. Who knows? Maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t – only time will tell, though if […]

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Filed Under: Adventures Tagged With: #mondayblogs, appreciate the little things, appreciating the little things, paris, penguins, real life

#FridayFlash – Père Lachaise

September 5, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 12 Comments

Ground mist crept along the avenues and lanes of the cemetery as the clock struck midnight, calling the luminaries to the Rond-point Casimir Périer. The shades of the great and good gathered around the monument, early arrivers taking up seats on the benches intended for the living that visited during the day. A skeletal figure stalked […]

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8 things Mummy did in Paris

July 24, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, or you’re friends with me on Facebook, you’ll have seen a string of photos from my recent trip to Paris. Among them, you’ll have seen a collection of images that I’ve tagged #mummyselfie, as they feature my little crochet mummy that I made a few weeks ago. I’ve […]

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Who is Icy Sedgwick?

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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