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  • The Lexicon of Love

    The Lexicon of Love

    The Lexicon of Love was the debut album by the British new wave band ABC, released in 1982, and I’ve pinched the title for this blog post. I’ve been tempted by the Weekly Photo Challenge again which, this week, is ‘Alphabet’. I’ve chosen this title because ABC has reminded me of my first wedding anniversary, Read more

  • I never met him but I felt he sang to me

    I never met him but I felt he sang to me

    Andrew left for work early this morning and I fell back to sleep listening to the radio. I woke up again at about 7am to the sound of Radio 4 playing David Bowie interviews and songs and talking about him in the past tense. What? He released his new album Black Star on Friday, his Read more

  • My writer’s diary this week

    My writer’s diary this week

    I was lucky enough to read at Buzzwords in Cheltenham last Sunday night. Cheltenham is about an hour and twenty minutes away by car and Andrew, my husband, kindly offered to drive. It might sound strange, but sometimes car journeys are the only times we spend quality time together these days. Andrew tends to work Read more

  • Does it really matter what your blog looks like?

    Does it really matter what your blog looks like?

    I know, I know, another delaying/procrastination activity, but the truth is I seem to constantly want to change the look of this site. I don’t if it’s because I spend a lot of time (too much time, probably) staring at it but I often have a feeling of dissatisfaction, a feeling that it isn’t quite Read more

  • On blogging regularly

    On blogging regularly

    Judging by a few comments I’ve read recently, It seems that New Year is a time when people decide to start a new blog or make a decision to blog more regularly.  For the last two years, I’ve been trying to write in this blog at least once a week although I haven’t always succeeded. Read more

  • Another year has come full circle

    Of course there are a million and one other things I should be getting on with but I haven’t had a go at one of the weekly photo challenges in ages and I just felt like doing this week’s challenge which is ‘Circle’. As I was replacing our family wall planner earlier today, I glanced at last Read more