Well, it’s happened. My books have arrived. And what a picture they are! There is fourteen-year-old Jess, on the front…
bamboo trees with leafy canopy If you’ve read my previous blogs you’ll know how much I like trees. Well, today…
We’ve been living through a strange time, haven’t we? At least as writers we can always escape the current world…
books about black lives lined up on garden deck This might feel like a slightly preachy blog today. I’m sorry…
folded red gingham tab-top curtain Red and white gingham: my daughter loved those picnic rug curtains, when her room was…
I’ve had a lifelong fascination with stationery. Is it universal, or is it just me? Maybe it’s common to all…
It’s been tricky deciding how to blog these last few weeks, hence my silence. Coronavirus has knocked all the stuffing…
St Mary’s Abbey, York Museum Gardens I’d arrived in York five days earlier and had started my week by doing…
Mulberry Hall, York It was Thursday and, honestly, I was missing home and ready for a rest! But my list…
This is a short one! You might have gathered, I was doing a lot of driving (around 800miles by Tuesday…
View of Filey coast through bandstand With day 1 under my belt and no outright rejections, I conceded I’d had…