The Layered Look
It is the weather for layers, but one of my armchairs also has the layered look! I do like soft chairs, so missed them at boarding school. Also really like cosy cafes with comfy...
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Plain and Purl And Knitting By The Lake
I haven’t knitted for ages, though the idea of it is warm and cosy. I remember bringing a large, partly knitted, sleeveless jacket kind of thing with me when I traveled to Africa in...
Hardware and Frogs
At various times in my life I have been a full-time freelance journalist. The assignments for national newspapers have been many and varied and I have met many fascinating, and some famous, people. I...
Some Helpful Words About Christmas
Elizabeth Lesser is co-founder of the Omega Institute and the author of a number of books, including ‘Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow’ and ‘The Seeker’s Guide’. She’s been interviewed on...
Lovely new covers on homepage, thanks Simon!
Very grateful to Simon, from Cloud Nine Consulting, who helped me out and put the new covers on my homepage and linked some of them to Amazon. He also, very kindly, did a wee...
A Rectory Menagerie
My childhood home, a rambling rectory, not only housed my family but a marvellous menagerie of creatures. Among our more exotic pets were a pair of chameleons and some tree frogs. The chameleons darted...
The Writing Process…some tips
Here is a bit of light reading about writing. The ‘tips’ could be longer and there could be more of them…but it isn’t that kind of blog. The tips are more like little nudges;...
Characters
When I first met Ava Lavelle I didn’t like her. I thought she was a bossy, highly opinionated woman in her seventies and that her awfulness would be entertaining….she was, after all, a fictional...
