Maria Donovan is an author of fiction and non-fiction. She won first prize for Flash Fiction in the Bridport Prize 2019. Her published works include a short story collection: 'Pumping Up Napoleon' and a debut novel, 'The Chicken Soup Murder', which was shortlisted for The International Rubery Book Awards and a finalist for the Dundee International Book Prize.
I’m always surprised by the last photo I took for the month. This time it’s the allotment, which feeds me and my imagination. Join in with Bushboy’s Last on the card challenge.
Continue reading “August Surprise!”
In the morning a gastroscopy gave me a brief look at my insides. It was all fine, but I prefer the view from the afternoon! My last photo for July…
Continue reading “Insides and outside…”
My last photo for June – and the strange separation between Post Office and Royal Mail.
Continue reading “The Uncollected”
My last post contained a little mystery – the only puzzle this time is how come it takes me over two weeks to join in with Brian’s Last on the card challenge!
Continue reading “Late strawberries”
This month’s entry for Bushboy’s Last on the card challenge contains a mystery.
Continue reading “Raining in my hall”
The last photo on my phone for March is a herald of Spring – the celandine. Late entry for bushboy’s Last on the Card Challenge. Some not totally irrelevant advance news of inclusion in a new anthology.
Continue reading “Cover me with flowers”
Covid caught up with me in December 2022.
Continue reading “When negative is positive”
A relief to find this was my last photo taken in October. Not too shabby for taking part in bushboy’s Last on the Card challenge.
Continue reading “Last on the card – October”
My foolish surprise when it’s time for Bushboy‘s ‘Last on the card’ always pleases me somehow – I never know what I’m going to find. My last photo for September …
Continue reading “September – last on the card”
The September Equinox is here. A few photos looking back over the last season.
Continue reading “Half light half dark – September Equinox”Books reviews with the occasional interview thrown in for good measure
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