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In two days time it will officially be spring. It’s been trying to get here for the past few weeks. The mock plum trees have been waving their gorgeous pink-blossomed branches at me for some time now. Daffodils have resurfaced after spending time in the...

A number of people who have styled themselves as the keeper of morals for the American nation (and possibly for the world) have been outed as members of the Ashley Madison – find someone to have adultery with – site. This time the hacker was definitely on...

I have a large envelope sitting on my desk, waiting for me to write the address on it and put it in the post. It contains a manuscript, letter to the publisher and a page of synopsis and “marketting plan”. (I put the last thing in brackets because I...

My apologies for not writing a blog last week; I’m sure you were all devastated. Last week, the Old Boy, the Wonder Dog and I went to the coast for a little holiday. (May I just say that, unless you have a divine view of the ocean -which we didn’t –...

This afternoon I’m taking a workshop at a “Festival of Words”. I’ve only had a few days to prepare for it (3 and a half to be precise – Thursday was already taken with something else) because I’m a “fill-in”. My friend...

Today, I am grateful I have a nice home with a functioning heater and a warm quilt on my bed. Outside the house the sky is grey, the air is chilly, the wind is gusty and we’ve already had rain all night and now a dash of hail this morning. (For those who are...