NOVELS AND CHARACTERS
Wow weren’t the Olympics great! I loved the ebullient opening ceremony which contained just the right amount of strangeness, passion and depth. Somehow those fabulous athletes reminded me of things I should do in...
Author: Grace
Website, cake and countryside
Haven’t posted a new blog for a while because of various website technical thingys. This led to many a phone conversation along the lines of “You want me to press what? Yes I think...
Sunshine and Wallpaper
Really enjoyed the lovely sunny straw hat and hammock type weather but for some reason it sometimes made me want to do more housekeeping. Fine in moderation but… You know what I mean. Pottered...
Lavender, tarragon…and sunshine
Lovely and sunny today. Yippee! It feels like summer! Have put seedlings on the kitchen windowsill along with some other grown from seed plants that need to be potted out sometime soon. My little...
Pretending It’s Summer
Pretending it’s summer is not as complicated as it sounds and here are some self-help tips: * The right soundtrack is indispensable. Summer Breeze by the Isley Brothers is perfect and you can even...
Canine Pal
Wow it’s taken me quite a while to upload this photo. For some reason a copy I made of it in ‘my documents’ didn’t upload and the Internet connection was dodgy…along with strange sea-like...
Happy Easter
When I was a wee girl I remember singing the hymn ‘There Is A Green Hill Far Away’ in my bed one Easter…I was probably about seven at the time. This Easter hymn is...
Wales, Writing And A Secret
WITH a surname like Wynne-Jones my family’s Welsh roots are obvious. My dad spent his early years in Lampeter and later on in Llanishen and it’s important to me that I know that because...
What Agents Want, Soft Chairs and Gardening
If you want to read an insightful and helpful article about ‘What An Agent Wants’ click here. It’s from the Novelicious.com website and my own agent has kindly mentioned me in it. Many thanks...
Honey Morenzo Writes Some Stuff
Hi, My name is Honey Morenzo and I’m an occasional contributor to these pages. It gives me more practice re. writing stuff. I’d like to write more stuff but I’m not sure what about...
Fun Video of Dolphins Playing with Cat
I am very fond of dear dolphins and I am very fond of dear cats but you don’t often see the two of them playing together! Click to watch the frolics here. Podcasts.ie kindly...
Happy St Valentine’s Day!
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day! Really hope that you receive some gorgeous flowers and a romantic card. But if you don’t it’s a fabulous excuse to buy yourself a nice wee gift! Lots of love...
Super Documentary About Very Smart Animals
Adored the television programme ‘Super Smart Animals’. Fabulous footage of canny birds and a maths genius monkey etc. Whales, dogs, a parrot and meerkats were amongst the stellar contributors. Congratulations to the BBC and...
Stargazing, Novels and Cute Pigs
Found a nice pink DKNY jumper in a charity shop on Saturday for only €6.Love a bargain! And finished reading ‘On Chesil Beach’ by Ewan McEwan yesterday. It is masterfully written, intimate and poignant....
Bake A Book Jacket!
One of the lovely presents my niece Ruth Wynne-Jones gave me this Christmas was a very special biscuit decorated to look like the jacket of one of my novels! (The second paperback printing of...
Some Helpful Words About Christmas by Elizabeth Lesser
Elizabeth Lesser is co-founder and senior advisor of the Omega Institute and the author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and The Seeker’s Guide. You can find out more about...
