Hello! I’ve started a new book project about an allotment I’ve been looking after since February. I’m offering to let anyone who is interested follow along as I write. If you’ve ever wanted to write a non-fiction book, this is… Read More »A new book project: The Allotment
I bought a giant roll of toilet paper at the corner shop this morning. Yesterday, I tried four different shops and went home with nothing. Today, success. At the Asian store on the High Street, I bought a 10 kilo… Read More »Writing Prompt for Lockdown
My mind is filled with sunshine, cicadas and swimming. I’ve just spent a week in the mountains of southern France. I go to a small retreat in the Cévennes National Park each year to work on books-in-progress, to reconnect with… Read More »Writing While On Retreat
I’ve been keeping a gratitude journal for years. The lovely friend Karen who first encouraged me to write down what I’m thankful for passed away this summer. I miss her, and I’m grateful for the love and joy she brought… Read More »On Gratitude
My UK ‘mum’ Val Hopkins died in May. It was quite sudden–the cancer the surgeons thought they’d removed came back suddenly. Just two weeks before I got the message that she was in hospice, she’d served me tea at her house. … Read More »A Proper Goodbye