Tending seedlings & taking comfort from ‘wee granny’
I hope you’re well in body and spirit. If you’re anything like me you’re trying not to overdose on news and focus instead […]
Category: Inspiration
Making, moving, cleaning, reading, studying, growing … life while social distancing
Funny how quickly our vocabulary grows around novel situations. A few weeks ago I’m not sure I was familiar with the terms social […]
Free Verse at Conway Hall
Up to London yesterday for the The Poetry Book & Magazine Fair aka Free Verse, at a new time of year (February rather […]
Music, art, poetry launch and a party
It’s February. It’s rainy and windy. What better reason for arty distractions? On Wednesday we slipped over to Chichester to see The Sixteen […]
A chilled start to the year
January 15th and I’m just getting round to my first post of the year, something that would have concerned me a bit in […]
Dante on Brexit
I’m only at the first layer of Hell but am already enjoying the ride that is Dante’s Inferno. And it’s all feeling rather […]
And from this cluttered desk
I admit it – I’m very nosy about other people’s workspaces. Writers and artists especially. So I loved Josephine Corcoran’s recent post about […]
A few thoughts from Virginia Woolf on praise and fame
Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary is proving a rich source of inspiration. On the subject of a writer’s insecurity, it’s refreshing to find […]
Summer reading, thinking & waiting
After a couple of weeks of what’s felt like full-on socialising in our sunny garden, I’m enjoying a quiet day alone catching up, […]
Look what I found! Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Writer’s Diary’
… Fourth Impression (1965) with a foreword by Leonard Woolf. Hogarth Press! Original dust jacket bearing Vanessa Bell’s design! I found it at […]