http://slow.writerscafe.org/CarlHalling The original writings of author Carl Halling en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776031112 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A loving tribute to Ann Watt, Canadian soprano, November 13 1915 - 4 June 2017. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1999899/ The Watt-McCrossan Dynasty of Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Canada, Australia and elsewhere http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1957071/ Introduction The following are what could be called the creamof the versified pieces I have somehow or other compiled over the course of mywriting career, and I refer to them as such, because I consider myself to be awriter of verses or lyrics rather than any kind of poet or write.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1942282/ Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay came intothe world in Parison the 11th of December 1810, as an unusually sensitive infant of noblelineage, who would be much in demand by portrait painters within a few years ofhis birth by virtue of his extraordinary beauty. Boththe son and grandson o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1907136/ Updated 15/7/16 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1677772/ As in the cases of all my autobiographical writings, names of people have been changed, or modified, to the best of my ability in the name of privacy, while dialogue is approximate. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1344536/ BookSixTheGloaming of a Golden Era andOtherLiteraryLeftoversinthe Formofa FinaleOne  HansRobert's Upper LipHansRobert's upper lip curled under the effects of supercilious pride asthe sun rained down onto the parade ground. His gloved hands worked acri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1239250/ BookFiveEssaysMusicaland LiteraryOne  Classically English - ABrief Homage to Nick DrakeThemuch-loved singer-songwriter Nick Drake was not so much handsome asbeautiful in what could be called a classicallyEnglish, soft, wistful, romantic, Shelleyan fashion, wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1239247/ BookFourThe Boy fromthe Tail End of the Goldhawk RoadThe Boyfrom the Tail End of the Goldhawk RoadIwas born Carl Robert Halling at the tail end of the Goldhawk Roadwhich runs through Shepherds Bush in west London and which in the mid1960s served as one of the great ce.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1238955/ Book Three TheTestimony ofa Rock and Roll Child and Other ChristianWritingsOne TheTestimony of a Rock and Roll ChildIntroductionManyChristians are of the opinion that the longer a person puts offcoming to Christ the less likely it becomes of their ever doin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1238943/ ChapterTwenty One   A Final Distant Clarion Cry IntroductionAFinal Distant Clarion Cry consists of diverse unrelated writingswhich I painstakingly knitted together to make a suitably grandfinale to my as yet untitled experiment in spiritual memoircomposition. The ker.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1238181/ ChapterTwenty   The Twilight of an Actor IntroductionInthe first place The Twilight of an Actor existed as nothingmore than the poem Such a Short Space of Time. In the winterof '06, I took out certain key portions of an unfinishedautobiographical story penned alm.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1237836/ ChapterNineteen  The Trials of a Teetotaller IntroductionTheTrials of a Teetotaller was originally published as Release,Relapse and Restoration at Blogster on the 9th of November 2006.In December 2007, a “definitive” version was published atFaithWriters. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1237835/ ChapterEighteen   Beyond the Borderlands IntroductionAfirst version of Beyond the Borderlands was published atBlogster on the 5th of September 2006. A year and two months later,the “definitive” version was published at FaithWriters. AnotherClose.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1237807/ ChapterSeventeen  Oblivion in Recession IntroductionTheversified piece, Oblivion in Recession, has its origins inrambling notes I made towards the end of January 1993, and whichreferred to incidents which began on what was almost certainly the17th of that month and l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1237767/ ChapterSixteen   Lone Birthday Boy Dancing ThePetrified Fool Inearly 1990, I lost my position as a teacher of English as a foreignlanguage at the Tellegen School, where I'd spent almost twoyears...the concluding two of a decade perhaps somewhat redolent ofthe '20s an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1237371/ ChapterFifteen   Strange Coldness Perplexing A“definitive” version of StrangeColdness Perplexing was first published at FaithWriters on the31st of March 2007. It has remained more or less untouched since. MyHot/Cold Torment thecatholic nurse.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1237369/ ChapterFourteen A Cambridge Lamentation IntroductionACambridge Lamentation centres on my brief stay at CovertonCollege, a teaching training college contained within the Universityof Cambridge, with its campus at Hills Road just outside the citycentre. First published at .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236957/ ChapterThirteen  Of All Sad Words of Tongue or Pen Thefirst employment I undertook after leaving Leftfield was as awandering deliverer of novelty telegrams. It may be that I gave noserious thought to the future, because I didn’t seriously intendhaving one. My life's work.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236930/ ChapterTwelve The Wanderer of Golders Green IntroductionA“definitive” version of The Wanderer of Golders Green,formerly Tales from a College that Disappeared as earlierpublished in rudimentary form at FaithWriters on the 22cnd of April2007, was re-publish.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236912/ ChapterEleven Some Sad and Dark SecretSomeSad and Dark Secret was forged using creative methodsscrupulously described elsewhere. It was based on notes containedwithin a single piece of scrap paper which I recently unearthed, andprobably dating from 1982 or '83. The first three sec.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236896/ ChapterTen Ice Spoke of the Spells of Calm ALeftfield Narrative 1 IceSpoke of the Spells of Calm is the second in a four-part seriesof writings inspired by my time at Leftfield College. It was createdout of modified versions of three previously published pieces: IceSpoke.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236854/ ChapterNine West of the Fields Long GoneIntroductionWestof the Fields Long Gonehas been composed of pieces from formerly published writings,including IceSpoke of the Spells of Calmmark one, which was first published at Blogster on the 25th January2007. FirstNight of th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236465/ ChapterSeven  My Future Positively GlitteredIntroductionMyFuture Positively Glittered consists of two previously publishedpieces in slightly modified form, these being My Future PositivelyGlittered, now divided into two sections (Global Village SoulBoys and Hardly a Wu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236449/ Chapter Six  The Sweetness of Wrens  1975 was the year I resumed my studies at an official place of learning, namely Prestlands Technical College as it was known then. Some time later, it was renamed Prestlands College. Then as now it's to be found on the semi-rural fringes of Weybridge, a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236314/ Chapter Five  Once in an English Seaside Town  Once in an English Seaside Town, a series of seventies-themed pieces*, was forged in February-March 2006 from scribblings committed to a notebook in 1978-'79, and concerning events that took place in the summer of 1974. I adapted it word for w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1236309/ Chapter Four An Innocent on the Reeperbahn      IntroductionAn Innocent on the Reeperbahn, the second piece in a series of seventies-themed writings takes place in 1973 and 1974 in a variety of locations. Among these are London and its suburbs, the French city of Bordea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1235983/ Chapter Three Those Gambolling Baby Boomers IntroductionThose Gambolling Baby Boomers, the first of a series of seventies-themed pieces, tells how I came to be conditioned by my environment in the early 1970s after leaving Welbourne College, a public school situated near a little Thameside vill.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1235981/ ChapterTwo Snapshots from a Child's West London IntroductionSnapshots,the second and last of two pieces based on my childhood in the WestLondon of the 1960s, is not so much a story, as fragments taken fromspidery writings with which I filled four and a half pages of as.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1234169/ BookTwo TheSpawn of the Swinging SixtiesChapterOne Born on the Goldhawk RoadIntroduction:Bornon the Goldhawk Road andWicked Cahootscould be said to set thescene for the entire work, a kind of experiment in memoir writingwith a spiritual core. Both deal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1234107/ ChapterEight A Final Distant Clarion CryTheTwilight of an ActorAfew months after appearing in Jim Cartwright's bitter-sweettwo-hander Two, I performed in one final play at the Rose andCrown theatre, the character-driven comedy Lovelives.Written entirely by the cast, it con.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1234061/ ChapterSeven Reborn in the Nick of TimeRebornin the Nick of TimeTheperiod embracing the autumn of 1992 and the first few weeks of winter'93 may well have been the most debauched of my entire existence.As I recall, there'dbe mornings I'd get up early, possibly about six, an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233711/ StrangeColdness Perplexingthecatholic nurseallsensitivecaringnoticingeverythingwhatcan she thinkofmy hot/cold tormentalwaysnear blowing itlivingin the fast lanesofriendly kindthegirlsdewyeyedwandaabandoned meboltonis in my handsandy.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233708/ ChapterFive From Paris to Cambridge TownFromthe City of Light to Golders GreenInthe autumn of 1983 I took residence in a room on the grounds of aLycee Technique in Bretigny-sur-Orge, a commune in the southernsuburbs of Paris some sixteen miles south of the city centre. I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233658/ ChapterFour West of the Fields Long GoneWithAll the Fervour of a Former AcolyteAmongthose who appeared in the Richard Cottrell production of AMidsummer Night's Dream at the Bristol Old Vic in early 1980 werelegendary method genius and future Hollywood superstar Daniel DayLew.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233635/ ChapterThree My Future Positively GlitteredSeventiesDandies, Soul Boys and PunksFortwo years or so, I'd worshipped at the altar of those artists who hadeither immediately pre-dated the age of artistic Modernism of ca.1880-1920, or been part of its Banquet Years, and beyond int.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233620/ ChapterTwo The Triumph of DecadenceIna Decade of Endless PossibilitiesInlate summer 1973, the minesweeper HMS Thamesis set out for Bordeauxin Gironde in the south west of France. It was my first voyage as anOrdinary Deckhand with the RNR, and I was just seventeen years old... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233593/ BookOneRescueof a Rock and Roll ChildIntroductionRescueof a Rock and Roll Child is a memoir which I've elected to callan experiment in memoir composition in the form of a novella fromwhich so many of my subsequent writings have arisen. And while it'sbeen largely untouch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233590/ IntroductionArethe Wonders of this Brief Life,formerlyTheBoy from the Tail End of the Goldhawk Roadis,unlike my previous work,very much not a 'best of' my writings. In fact, it's little more thana 'rest of', or collection of leftovers or secondary pieces collatedin 2012-13, b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233587/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233586/ An Autobiographical Narrative: 2000s http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233140/ An Autobiographical Narrative: 1990s http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233136/ An Autobiographical Narrative: 1980s http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233131/ AnAutobiographical Narrative: 1970sToSee You at Every Time of DayIsa song lyric, penned in 2003,Butheavily based on one composed Almostcertainly in 1974,Andwhich I originally sang Ina voice I stole from Bryan Ferry,Who'dbegun his careerAsa conventional Glam .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233129/ Edited 3/12/17 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233127/ Book Four TheLord is Coming (Nine Christian Song Lyrics)  Glorifythe KingGiveme words that will glorify your name,Giveme strength that will overcome my shame,Give me power and give me wings,Todo your will wherever you decree,Everythingto glorify the Kin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233126/ Book Three  The Revenge of the Feral DogsIntroduction  Anothername for a feral dog is a pariah dog, although the term tends to beapplied exclusively with respect to a handful of countries, notablyIndia, when in .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233124/ Book Two The Man Who Came From Contact for Christ  Sometimein early 1993, while still attending meetings of AlcoholicsAnonymous, I received a call from a man who told me he was from anorganisation by the name of Contact for Christ based in the SouthLondon suburb of Selsdon nea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233040/ 8. Pinteresque (A Controversial Artistic Legacy) IntroductionHaroldPinter is a serious candidate for the greatest British playwright ofthe last two centuries. And that he was also a proficient poet,composer of short stories, screen writer, director, and actor canonly serve to enha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233010/ 2. Far Beyond the Borderlands of ScotiaAsin the case of all the information I provide in my writings, thatcontained within the piece that follows stems from what I've come tobelieve is true according to my research, and is at no point intendedto mislead. But it's been estimated that s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarlHalling/1233009/