When my son was little, he and I made a pact every year to not do anything even remotely related to Christmas until 1 November. No matter how tempted we were when all the Christmas biscuits started appearing in the shops around the middle of October, and no matter how much I wanted to diveContinueContinue reading “It Begins”
Category Archives: Ramblings
Coffee, Cake and Conkers
October is my favourite month. That riot of colours wrapped in morning mist with the first hint of frost in the air tugs at my heartstrings every year. It reminds me of playing outside, running through the trees as the leaves fell, and my grandmother waiting at home with hot chocolate. Then, as I gotContinueContinue reading “Coffee, Cake and Conkers”
The Trousers of Time
Do you ever get the feeling that your life is re-writing itself around you? That somewhere out there, things are re-shaping themselves, like you’re clay on a potter’s wheel? Change is slowly creeping up on you, you can’t see it but you can feel it. There’s excitement in the air. That’s me at the moment.ContinueContinue reading “The Trousers of Time”
Five Copies of Shōgun
How many copies of the same book can you go through in twenty-five years. Apparently five when floods, puppies and evil ex-boyfriends get in the way.
The Story Cellar 