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Apple blossom beauties
Don’t you just love blossom time! Dormancy turns to rising sap turns to blossom and then to glorious fruits. If only we could trust that this is how we are meant to be too, instead of forcing our fruitfulness too early and therefore diminshing our own rich flavour before it has a chance to develop.
15 minutes to love
Today I have started the #Trust30 blog challenge. ‘#Trust30 is an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Use this as an opportunity to reflect on your now, and to create direction for your future. 30 prompts from inspiring thought-leaders will guide you on your writing journey.’ If… (read more)
It’s the little things…
This is my new watering can. Paul bought it for me as an anniversary present (along with a DAB radio so I can listen to radio 4 in the greenhouse). I fell in love with my watering can as soon as I saw it. The daisies just give it an edge, turning a functional piece… (read more)
Want a good read? Have a listen…
One of the things I love about doing my radio shows is that I get to interview interesting people. Recently I had the pleasure of talking to three local authors about their writing and their books. Ian Collinson, Megan Taylor and Nigel Pickard are published by a local publishing company, Weathervane Press, which is also owned by… (read more)
karen Maitland about all things medieval
Karen Maitland is one of my favourite authors and I’ve been fortunate enough to interview her three times now. If you don’t know Karen’s work, she writes brilliant (if sometimes rather gory) medieval thrillers. Here are two of the interviews – a video clip from my interview with Karen at the Lowdham Book Festival for… (read more)