On 11 April, Hugh, From Hugh’s View’s and News, set us a challenge to write a post outlining why we…
Revisiting a forgotten hobby
Years ago, I took up cross-stitch and began working on a counted cross-stitch kit of two blue tits in a…
Diary of a Mature Student: March 2022
2 March I forget who said ‘first you write a word, then another word…’ but as of lunchtime today I…
Lest We Forget – in support of sacked P&O Ferry staff
With everything else going on in the world, those who don’t have a connection to British coastal towns or cities…
Diary of a Mature Student: February 2022
4 February I have been having email discussions with my Tutor on the way forward for my fiction project after…
Diary of a Mature Student: January 2022
2 January Here we are again. After a two week break, we were expected to re-start our studies yesterday! I…
Starting a New Page on a WordPress Post
Yesterday, Hugh, over at Hugh’s News and Views, posted another of his helpful posts about how to get the best…
Diary of a Mature Student: December 2021
1 December Another month; another covid variant! I am so thankful that this Open University course is online only and…
Diary of a Mature Student: November 2021
5 November Today, we each received three sets of feedback for our submissions to the first Workshop. On first read-through,…
Diary of a Mature Student: October 2021
2 October First day of the new academic year and it’s heads down and no talking at the back of…
Diary of a Mature Student: September 2021
September and I hadn’t done a thing all summer. That’s a lie, I’d done lots of things but not what…
Diary of a Mature Student: August 2021
The new academic year begins on 2 October though we have access to the timetable and a glimpse of the…
I Can See Clearly Now . . .
We never think about our vision, until something happens. In 2019, I suffered my first occular migraine, otherwise known as…
Diary of a Mature Student: July 2021
Today (20th July is the Open University’s results day for all courses. Despite grave misgivings, I am please to report…
Diary of a Mature Student: June 2021
Strictly speaking, I am no longer a student. I am waiting for my results for Year One – which are…
Diary of a Mature Student: May 2021
I started this month’s diary on Sunday 9th May. I gave myself a rare day off from studying/writing to get…
Diary of a Mature Student: April 2021
Last month, towards the end of our third study module, we looked at an extract about ‘psychic distance’. Nothing to…
Diary of a Mature Student: March 2021
Here we are again. I have, finally, settled on my piece for TMA03 – something based on those WW1 British…
Diary of a Mature Student: February 2021
Another month and, after the trauma that was the Creative Nonfiction Module (CNF), I returned to Fiction on Saturday 6th…
Diary of a Mature Student: January 2021
A new year brings a new resolve to get on with this Creative Nonfiction module. Studying officially restarted on Saturday…
Diary of a Mature Student: December 2020
1st December I’ve already received my marks for the first Tutor Marked Assignment – a respectable, but not outstanding 69%.…
Just add some glitter
It’s the day before Christmas Eve; it’s raining – AGAIN – and I have no intention of going out of…
Seasons Greetings
Today, 21st December, is National Robin Day here in Britain: a gentle reminder to look after all our small birds…
Freezer De-frost
For some weeks now, we have noticed ice in the bottom of our upright frost-free freezer. We’ve removed it twice…
Welcome to the 21st Century
Three years and three days since the telephone pole at the end of our garden was fitted out with all…
Diary of a Mature Student: November 2020
I have now completed the first (Fiction) module of the first year of my Masters course. Initially, I couldn’t make…
Fibre Broadband: A Step Closer
It’s been a long time coming, but it looks as though we should – FINALLY – have fibre broadband direct…
Diary of a Mature Student: October 2020
10 October The course has been running for a week and we’ve been looking at Beginnings. How stories begin, why…
Belt and Braces
Not long after I began my BA in 2014, my desktop computer broke and couldn’t be fixed. I lost every…
Fridge Delivery: Day 2
It’s arrived! At 8:30 am. We made the delivery guys wait while we took all the packaging off and checked…
Write Here: Write Now 