Readings, giving myself a talking-to and some early Spring cleaning
Actually January was pretty good overall. Not for the pelargoniums in the garden that have been reduced to a frostbitten mess. But our […]
Actually January was pretty good overall. Not for the pelargoniums in the garden that have been reduced to a frostbitten mess. But our […]
Help! I’m just emerging from a fraught couple of weeks. Two weeks ago our cat Bobby suddenly developed a life-threatening condition. He’d only […]
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog for the last month, mainly because I’ve been full-on with the new booklet which […]
Taking a leaf out of Peter Kenny’s book, here are seven items from the imaginary newsdesk at Kenny Houghton Towers (sorry Peter – but as […]
Sorry about the title of this post – no, wait – never apologise! As I wrote it I was thinking ‘Hugh, Pugh, Barney […]
What a privilege it is to be asked to read at a friend’s book launch. Abegail Morley has been something of a mentor to […]
Just a quick shout out for some poetry readings & events coming up in the next couple of weeks … we’re always being […]
Ah, National Poetry Day seems to be the unofficial kickstarter of the poetry season (is that ‘open season’)? Last week saw a flurry […]
My fingernails are looking reasonable at the moment, which is pretty good considering that the house-moving stressometer is probably at its highest right […]
First, a little story about sales. My first ever job was as a Saturday girl in the Lilley & Skinner shoe shop on […]