Sweet Spot, Linton Robinson – like going to bed with a migraine and waking with Green & Black’s Organic Dark. Unexpected pleasure. This Side of Paradise, F Scott Fitzgerald – they didn’t teach this in my school.
Pumpkin Pies and Parker House Rolls
I live in Wales. That makes celebrating Thanksgiving a certain challenge. The last Thursday of November is never a day off. Libby’s solid pack pumpkin is only available in one shop in the country, at import prices. All the implements for measuring are either metric or imperial – too little or too big for my […]
Notes in Notebooks 2
Just a small display of notebooks I have in my possession. Some of these were handmade for me; some were gifts and most were covet-buys – including the Collins A5 I am currently using for the first draft of my latest novel. I have trunk loads. I do ask myself if I ‘need’ another and […]
Nurturing Pomegranate
In any other habitat, persistance and fertility are encouraged, not so in the cultivated garden.
Growing Pomegranate
Not all that grows needs to be kept
Surfacing
Polishing, rewriting, revisions – the payback for hard work
Going to the Dump
The completion of a fourth novel demands a soul-searching exercise when you have yet to publish one.
Displacement Activity
Displacement Activity