We’ve been waiting in this morning for the delivery of our new fridge. We ordered it last week because our…
Diary of a Mature Student: Fiction Module
And so we begin . . . This is the first of four assignments that will make up the first…
Diary of a Mature Student: September 2020
As I start this post, I am counting down the days until my course goes ‘live’ on Wednesday 9th September.…
Fibre Broadband Update
This morning, this sign greeted us at the start of the lane where we walk. It advises that the road…
The Cycle of Life
From my (upstairs) study window, I thought this was a twig brought down by storm winds and then it moved,…
Superfast Broadband: The Agony and the Ecstasy
The first image was taken in November 2017 just after telephone engineers had completed laying cables to bring fibre broadband…
Gutenberg Schmutenberg
After yesterday’s debacle attempting to use the new Block Editor, I have entered into a conversation with a WordPress Elf…
Diary of a Mature Student
Three years after graduating with a BA (Hons) in English and Creative Writing, I am moving up a level with…
Have a chuckle or two on me!
I’m the runner-up in Writing Magazine’s ‘750-word only’ short story competition (April), for my story Sloth. As runner-up, my story won’t be…
When your mum cuts your fringe . . .
RDP Monday: Fringe
Did you miss me?
I am traumatised! We have had no telephone line – and therefore no internet access – since 2:50 pm on…
Moths, Freezers and Refunds
One of these beautiful moths paid us a visit this morning. Friday is housework day, and I’d left the door…
Hot under the collar
Technology is a wonderful thing – when it works properly. Yesterday, I received two emails with links to two separate…
Not on Holiday!
We should have been going on holiday today. But we’re not, for obvious reasons.
Notorious Crimes and Criminals: Short Course
https://www.britexfabrics.com/blog/post/social-justice-sewing-academy-sjsa-quilts-with-fabric-from-britex My evening class is almost at an end. How time flies.
If it looks like a bee . . .
. . . it doesn’t mean it is one! This is a bee fly.
Wandering blindly in the world of Technology
I’ve taught myself something new today – how to use One Note. This is one of the software apps that…
What we did on our Writing Retreat!
No photos, I was too busy working! Tuesday We looked at the Three-Act Structure in the morning session We each…
Writing Retreat: Reflections
This morning, I am on my way home after four days packed with tutorials, writing time, lovely surroundings, and fantastic…
Writing Retreat: The House – Top to Bottom (2)
The Library, where we congregate after dinner.
Writing Retreat: The House – Top to Bottom (1)
There are 35 individual stairs and steps between my room at the top of the house, and the kitchen on…
Writing Retreat: Monday – Day One
I arrived early, as usual. But it wasn’t a problem for the staff, who made me welcome and showed me…
Writer’s Retreat: Countdown
Tomorrow, I go on my second writing retreat. The first was two years ago this month’ a long weekend of…
The Final Art Class: Another Still Life
This was last night’s still life. A bit of a mixture including some old ‘favourites’ (plants – none of which…
Art Class: Still Life with Books and Plant
Week five already. This week we started painting using colours other than brown! Even though I still had brown on…
Unsolved Mystery
On Friday, I wrote this post about the warning light that appeared when I drove my car that morning. This morning…
Art Class: Still Life with Plants #2
Even I am bored of painting plant still lifes (lives?) now – and sick of the sight of brown paint,…
Art Class: Still Life with Plants
Week 3 of our six week course. Halfway through and we’re still painting with brown paint, except this week we…
Art Class: Back to basics
Back to coloured grounds and underpainting – for those in class who haven’t done this before. We don’t have to…
A Series of Random Coincidences (5, 6, 7 & 8)
When my husband first started travelling on his ferry between the UK and Dublin – and partly because he claimed…
Write Here: Write Now 