Ah! The story of my life. I am always planning to spend a few days getting this really up to date with pictures and fascinating snippets and some day I will. meantime, if you’d like to contact me, please do, … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a commentIf you don’t already know, Anna is one of Britain’s Olympic hopefuls and in my opinion, one of the best examples of what an athlete should be. She’s a canoeist, many times world champion and hopefully heading to Beijing to … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Tagged Life, The people you meet| Leave a commentThere’s something very refreshing about being in a place where everyone shares a common interest. This weekend the place was the Goodwood Festival of Speed where my husband’s old Land Rover, the first ever registered to go on the road … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a comment…is one of the highlights of my year. Hundreds of people who spend hundreds of hours apparently alone can come clean: we’re not alone. Our heads are full of heros and villains, meandering storylines and unexpected scenes. And characters that … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| 2 CommentsWhen I left Weybridge at 11 yesterday to trek all the way to Biddenden in Kent to give a talk to the Tenterten district W.I. It was already 26 degrees. Four miles short of Biddenden I detoured to Sissinghurst Castle … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a comment…and having reason to – that’s the trick. I opened Writing Magazine yesterday to see my face scrutinizing me very seriously from the contents page. On page 70 Lynne Hackles reporting on MY WRITING DAY, the result of a long … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| 2 CommentsMeg Gardiner had sent me this instruction: “I tag you to write six random things about yourself. Rules on my blog.” These are the rules: Link to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Write six … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Tagged Life, meg gardiner| 3 Comments…was how the letter began. I was at a talk you gave a couple of years ago… Ok-ay. I was in the third or fourth row on the right (now we’re narrowing it down). I meant to tell you afterwards … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| 2 CommentsI went to a funeral last week. I went because I knew his wife and wanted to support her but I’d met him only once. As I approached the crematorium there was queue to get in, a queue for the … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog| Leave a commentThis week I braved the early morning M25 and set off to Rochester, Kent to talk to the WI. This was booked months ago, the first of many talks this year and so it set the standard. What a lovely … Continue reading →
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