Here it is!
The end of a journey
The end of a novel
The end of this blogathon
Six weeks have gone by in a flash
The summer dig is done
Loss and love. Discovery and understanding
Have a cold beer. You deserve it
Chapter 52
Small Finds
The story is complete. Or has it just begun?
On the tab Ch 51 & 52 above
Go well
After all the tumult of yesterday, I think we deserve something quiet
Time to reflect
Time to recollect
Time to think
On Sunday morning, the Arnot and Gadnall families go to church in the village
Elyssia is preaching
It's her first time
Complete with broken arm
You have to feel for the kid
Small Finds
Chapter 51
Not quite the end, but almost
It is all coming to a head
A press conference
The end of dig concert
Joshua Williams has a theory
Elyssia Gadnall listens
It is the last Friday
Small Finds - a novel
Chapters 45 & 46 on the tab
Some small finds are bigger than others
Some small finds are huge
It was getting close
The End
He just wanted it all to end
Now
He wanted to pack it all up, put it all away and go home
Especially, he did not want tomorrow
But tomorrow is another day
Today is Thursday 12th August 2010
(Don't argue)
Chapter 44 of my novel Small Finds is up on the tab now
Almost there
Almost
There
Almost
The days are slipping away
It is Wednesday
Only Thursday and Friday to go
Then the final tidying up and they can all go home
Small Finds
Chapter 43
On the tab now
Soon, the adventure will be complete
What day is it?
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday ...
The last week of the dig is becoming a blur
Too much going on
Not enough time
It is Tuesday
I think
Chapter 42 of my novel Small Finds
On the tab, up top
On the 'Part Four' tab
Scroll down to find:
Chapter 41
It is Monday
It is the last week
Everything must go
Clear the levels
Bag the samples
Label the bags
Photographs
Video
It is a matter of record
Small Finds
Here beginneth Part Four of my novel Small Finds
But, you say, we are already in the last week of the dig
Is Part Four very short?
Time will tell
By the end of the week* all will become clear
We hope
*This week (2022) and that week (2010)
For now it is Sunday and there is a small miracle happening
But I'm not sure any one notices
But they do. They do
Chapters 39 and 40
On the Part Four tab above
Thank you
The last week of the dig
What has to be done, has to be done now
Ceramic building material
He does not need this
No
He does not need this
Chapter 38
Small Finds
On the tab ^^^^^
What happened on this Friday all those years ago?
Murkier and murkier
It's not so much the archaeology
Although that could do with bit of clarification
It's everything else!
It's enough to do his head in
Broderick Arnot:
dig director (under stress)
husband (under review)
archaeology lecturer (under threat)
Small Finds Chapter 37
up on the tab at the top of the page
Only just over one week to go
And things are getting ...
... getting ...
... Put it this way:
Broderick Arnot is not getting much sleep
It's Thursday at the summer dig. Week Five
Joshua Williams has gone off piste again
Chapter 36
Small Finds
On the tab
Up there ^^^^^^^
Wednesday was a long day
First there was Joshua
Then there was Mariam
Then Elyssia
Then, well ..., him himself
Stories. Our lives are made of stories
Chapters 33-35
Small Finds
On the tab, now
(Three chapters! All in one day.)
Tuesday is a long day
Two chapters worth
Chapter 31 and 32; up on the tab
Broderick Arnot starts the day well
Alan Clearwater comes for a day
But Tuesday ends with another shock
Another revelation
Another impossibility
Small Finds
Small Finds, Philip Colbourn, 2022
Small Finds, Chapter 29
On the tab
At the top of the page
Strictly speaking, this was Friday night
But Friday, in 2010, was the 30th July
Broderick drives Rachel up to Durham
They share history, memories
Mostly about Professor Patricia Hashay and stuff
At home, there is a letter waiting for him
They make a visit to the hospital in Birmingham
A roadside shrine
A lost coin leads them to Exeter
Magnus Maximus, emperor in Trier
Suspicious goings on at Undercrofts. Allegedly
Chapters 27 and 28
Small Finds
Thursday and Friday of Week Four at the summer dig
Under the 'Part Three' tab at the top of the page
It's 2010
There is one day difference in the dates
Today is Sunday 24th July 2022
But then, in 2010, Sunday was 25th July
Close, eh?
Small Finds, the novel
Things are not going too well, to be honest
Chapters 22 and 23 on the tab at the top
Saturday started off subdued
There are tears
The family arrived
There is some archaeology to talk about later, at the pub
Chapter 21 on the tab now
It's Friday!
It's a day off at the dig
But the world goes on turning, relentlessly
Today is another two chapter day
Small Finds, the archaeology novel
Chapters 19 and 20 are up on the new tab - Ch 19,20 - above
Things are getting a bit, well, you know...
Thursday is a two-chapter day for #SmallFinds
Chapters 17 and 18 are now up and ready to read
Click on the Ch 16-18 tab above
Small Finds, the archaeology novel
It's been a while
Well, two or three days
Not much happens on an archaeological dig for most of the time
Apart from the scrape of trowels, sweeping and shovelling
But today is different
Today they have trip to see the Lydney Roman temple by the Severn Estuary
Mortimer Wheeler was there
And his wife
Or should I say, Tessa Verney Wheeler and her husband
Chapter 16 has the story
As much of it as you are going to get, anyway
See the Ch 16- tab above for more
