never knowingly without a pen
This week has mostly been about me being ill - not seriously ill, just an annoying cold with horrible flu-type symptoms; feverish, aching limbs, bad headache. Unfortunately I had to cancel our Poetry Society Stanza meeting at Trowbridge Town Hall and I was really sorry about that. I felt that I might be contagious so… Continue reading In which I entertain a charming visitor
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… Continue reading I never met him but I felt he sang to me
I'll come right out and say that my husband, Andrew, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We've known for a short while and have been coming to terms with the news. I'm not going to go into all the personal details but I will say that I married a beautiful man, full of love, energy,… Continue reading In other news
Josephine Corcoran 