We had a holiday and a half this month. We stayed in Whitby this time, rather than a running day-trip, booking the Lewis Room at La Rosa Hotel. What can I say. The whole hotel has a Victorian vibe to it. Vibe, hell, it’s like someone cleared the contents of a Victorian funhouse into glassContinue reading “Following the Goths”
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Revival
We’re still under the hosepipe ban, still watering every night to keep the vegetable plants alive. But the pressure is off, more or less, because it has rained. Three weeks after the rest of the country had its downpours, we had a full day of rain that brought the pond level up by an inchContinue reading “Revival”
Age of Aquarius
I was in my early twenties when I heard that song, “Age of Aquarius”. Back then it sounded cheerful and optimistic, a group of people in tune with the needs of the Earth telling the rest of us how a great age of peace was on its way. I’m all for getting in tune withContinue reading “Age of Aquarius”
In Print
I’ve been working on the Part 2 of getting published – getting ‘Shilling Cove’ out in paperback. Not as easy as I thought. I really didn’t want to put the book up on Amazon, but as someone said to me recently – everyone uses Amazon because it works. Having had a look at the alternativeContinue reading “In Print”
In all the excitement, I forgot…
It was just seven weeks ago, but it feels like a year. On the last weekend of March, we went to the Scottish Association of Writers’ Conference 2026. Every welcome bag contains a Goals sheet like the one above for delegates to fill in and remind themselves what they mean to do by the timeContinue reading “In all the excitement, I forgot…”
Finally!
Finally, I can call myself a published author! I started this blog back in November 2020 on the prompting of a fellow writer. She had been on an author branding course and passed on her knowledge to the rest of us. One of her key points was ‘Start a blog’. So I did. At theContinue reading “Finally!”
The usual March amble
Every year I go to the Scottish Association of Writers’ Conference in March for the last time, and every year I find a reason to go back. By the time I left the conference last year several people had come up to greet me and I’d stopped others to say hi. The number of peopleContinue reading “The usual March amble”
The world waking up
The photo above is my cack-handed attempt to capture the extraordinary sight I saw on February 18th last year. I was out in the garden on a sunny day and saw red dots on a beech tree. As I got closer, I could hear what sounded like hundreds of bees buzzing around, and actually yes,Continue reading “The world waking up”
The New Year starts here
Maybe a little late to wish a happy new year, but I will anyway. The year still has that hopeful feeling to it, a long time before we start to ask where the year went and what are we eating for Christmas dinner? Aubergine moussaka this year. Even the cat refused turkey scraps by theContinue reading “The New Year starts here”
This One’s for All You Spammers
Yeah, this one’s for all you scammers out there. I’ve had five or six posts over the last few years, but the pace is picking up; I’ve had four in the last two weeks and one of them was a prize winner. Usually I get an email through the contact section of this page thatContinue reading “This One’s for All You Spammers”
