All Blogposts

  • If we were having coffee…… #weekendcoffeeshare 26 November 2016

    If we were having coffee…… #weekendcoffeeshare 26 November 2016

    If we were having coffee it would almost definitely be tea and I’d tell you that I feel an urge to tie up loose ends.  What I mean is, I have an itch to finish projects, tidy things up, file papers, make decisions, clear my desk.  Is it because it’s almost the end of another… Read more

  • Advent Calendars: Weekly Photo Challenge

    Advent Calendars: Weekly Photo Challenge

    Well, it’s nearly the end of November and the daily blogging challenge, so it’s nearly December and of course I still buy my children Advent Calendars. The chocolate thing is very new to me.  I grew up in the 1960s and I was grateful just to open a window and see a donkey or a… Read more

  • Poet in Residence at Trowbridge Town Hall

    Poet in Residence at Trowbridge Town Hall

    I’m coming near to the end of my residency at Trowbridge Town Hall so I thought I’d say a few words about it.  I had hoped to accomplish a lot more (and I haven’t finished yet!) although there was never a formal agreement about what my role would entail.  I approached Tracy Sullivan, Director of Town Hall Arts… Read more

  • O Autumn!

    O Autumn!

    after Anthony Wilson’s To Autumn   I love walking I hate leaving the house I love wearing  wellies I hate rain in my socks I love the sound of rain hitting the windows I hate rain down the back of my neck I love the thought of coming home to a warm house I hate… Read more

  • Candlestick Press Pamphlets

    Candlestick Press Pamphlets

    With Christmas approaching (sorry, can’t deny it any longer), I thought that now would be a good time to mention these beautiful pamphlets from Candlestick Press which would definitely make a wonderful present for many people I know, even though their tag line suggests modestly that you might give them “instead of a card.” (which is… Read more