Saturday and Sunday Saturday was spent driving our son back to his student flat in London. It was the first time we’d been that way since Christmas when we picked him up to come home for the holidays. Everyone says London is much quieter because of the pandemic and of course it’s true. Both ofContinue reading “Diary Snippets, weekending 14 March, 2021”
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Recent Diary Snippets
Monday and Tuesday It’s incredible to think that it is nearly one year since the first UK lockdown, when the whole of the country learned a new way of living. The weather has been gifting us with some spring-like days which I’ve really enjoyed. My son is going back to his student accommodation in LondonContinue reading “Recent Diary Snippets”
No Big Leaps in February
What a pipsqueak of a month February is. Over in the blink of an eye, or perhaps that’s just me experiencing time whizzing past as I grow older. I finished the Papatango online playwriting course at the beginning of the month. Taking part in the course enabled me to edit and finish an audio playContinue reading “No Big Leaps in February”
Two Chopsticks and a Pencil for the Hyacinths
A lovely neighbour brought over the gift of a bowl of hyacinths when the year was brand new, and now, in the very last weekend of January, three pale yellow flowers have bloomed gloriously and our hallway is filled with a sweet and spicy scent that we have grown to appreciate (we weren’t sure, atContinue reading “Two Chopsticks and a Pencil for the Hyacinths”
Falling Hyacinths and It’s Still January
So here I am at the end of another week. Here we are. I said to Andrew (my husband) that it feels like such a long time since we’ve seen our daughter and we were astonished to discover, when we looked at the calendar, that’s it’s only been three weeks since she went back toContinue reading “Falling Hyacinths and It’s Still January”
Mid-October Notes and looking ahead to November
With both of my children now at university and not that many freelance projects on the go (but probably enough, for now) I have a lot more hours to myself these days. So far in October there have been some decent blocks of time available for me to write. Of course, that doesn’t mean I’veContinue reading “Mid-October Notes and looking ahead to November”
Not really a blog post
Not really a blog post but an ageing woman cycling on a static bicycle half crying, half laughing listening to an old George Michael song and thinking that she used to imagine George was singing to her about oh there was so much unrequited love in those days! and she never imagined anyone wasn’t straight,Continue reading “Not really a blog post”
Poet Bloggers 2018 Revival Tour
I’m a pretty regular blogger but I have let things slip a bit recently, mostly because I’ve been busy doing other kinds of writing. In a bid to up my game, I’ve been kindly added to this list of poet bloggers who are trying to blog weekly in 2018. You can also add yourself toContinue reading “Poet Bloggers 2018 Revival Tour”
Too tired to blog
There are a few things I’d like to tell you but I can hardly keep my eyes open, even at just gone nine in the evening. I did a three hour walk this morning with my husband and daughter and I can still feel all of my muscles tingling. It was meant to take “aboutContinue reading “Too tired to blog”
A quick update during National Poetry Month
I’m not really taking part in #NaPoWriMo this year although I do feel steeped in poetry. I have attempted to write (or at least start) a poem a day in the past and found it fun and exhilarating. I promised to review some poetry books for a magazine so I’ve been reading those and making slowContinue reading “A quick update during National Poetry Month”
