Comings and Goings
To feel time passing, take a look around.
Continue reading “Comings and Goings”To feel time passing, take a look around.
Continue reading “Comings and Goings”Bereaved and grieving, I experienced an unexpected lack of patience with things that seemed trivial.
Continue reading “Grief and Trivia”Walking over the Giant’s Head – Allington Hill from April into May.
Continue reading “Up the Hill and Down”What memorabilia would you save from the ongoing Corona crisis?
Continue reading “Paper, trimmers, comb”To my mum, Corona was a fizzy drink with a deposit on the glass bottle, sometimes delivered with the groceries in pre-supermarket days.
Continue reading “Mother’s Day in the age of Corona”Primroses, primroses, jump into the pot
We’ll take you with us to the new garden
Where we hope you will be happy
Massive radio fan as I am, it was a great to be asked to record an interview with Geoff Carter of UK Talk Radio. He asked me how I got started as a writer, where that led, and about my debut novel, The Chicken Soup Murder.
Continue reading “UK Talk Radio”I like solitude. Even before I needed peace for writing (though, come to think of it, I’ve managed to work with the sound of sanding and drilling going on for the past few years) I liked being on my own: to hear my own thoughts and observe the world and dream, not having to talk (except to myself) or be derailed by someone else’s thought train.
And then you take yourself and your work out in public …
The sad coda to the story of Trish’s novel in my blog post ‘News: people are kind’ is that she really didn’t have very much time. She passed away on the 9th of March 2017 just as her novel came into being. Continue reading “Trish’s novel lives as author passes away”
Sometimes we think we don’t know how to help – and sometimes we think we do. Continue reading “News: people are kind”
Rachel McAlpine writes, blogs, draws and podcasts here
Teaching the art of composition for photography.
Exploring my world with pictures and words.
Refugees welcome - Flüchtlinge willkommen I am teaching German to refugees. Ich unterrichte geflüchtete Menschen in der deutschen Sprache. I am writing this blog in English and German because my friends speak English and German. Ich schreibe auf Deutsch und Englisch, weil meine Freunde Deutsch und Englisch sprechen.
British Wildlife & Photography
Pillaging the public library so you don't have to.
Photos, art - and a little bit of LIT.
Exploring the world of ideas through books
The Online Home of Writer Alexis Paige
One person's experience of living with dementia
Anita Blogue
never knowingly without a pen
We Dwalen Af gaat over - ja, wat eigenlijk precies? De dingen in het leven. Of beter gezegd de dwalingen in het leven. Van Michiel Huisman tot de Spice Girls. Van ongemakkelijk zijn tot heerlijk eten.
"Vivre le livre!"
Short essays about novels and other fictional works
Welcome to a world of emerging writers.
Author Website, Book News and Blog
capturing memories one moment at a time
Photos of my world and other stuff I hope you will enjoy too. Photos taken with Canon PowershotSX70HS Photos can be purchased.
The Welsh Smallholding Adventure