Sharpie Al

Charlotte Alice Overton-Hart, or just Sharpie Al.

Champion of ageing and the old, and the experience and wisdom of older people, inspired by my 92-year-old gran, Nancy.

People are my favourite vintage. Amazing greys.

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One of my favourite Kerouac quotes, from The Dharma Bums. Plus a banana, somewhat in the style of Dick Bruna.

One of my favourite Kerouac quotes, from The Dharma Bums. Plus a banana, somewhat in the style of Dick Bruna.

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For as long as I’ve had specs, I’ve enjoyed this “last sport”, along with ineffectually cleaning my glasses, whereby I somehow manage to redistribute my fingerprints. I hold the glasses up to the light, check my fingerprints are on a new part of the lenses, then pop them back on. Every time.  Extract from Ill At Ease: Writers on Ailments Real and Imagined (1989) edited by D. J. Enright.

For as long as I’ve had specs, I’ve enjoyed this “last sport”, along with ineffectually cleaning my glasses, whereby I somehow manage to redistribute my fingerprints. I hold the glasses up to the light, check my fingerprints are on a new part of the lenses, then pop them back on. Every time. 

Extract from Ill At Ease: Writers on Ailments Real and Imagined (1989) edited by D. J. Enright.

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A valuable insight not just into how we see others as they age, but how people perceive they are seen by others, and what effect this may have on them. Extract from Ill At Ease: Writers on Ailments Real and Imagined (1989) edited by D. J. Enright.

A valuable insight not just into how we see others as they age, but how people perceive they are seen by others, and what effect this may have on them.

Extract from Ill At Ease: Writers on Ailments Real and Imagined (1989) edited by D. J. Enright.

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