I have just finished writing some more of the mini golf scene and it now looks like this: ‘We didn’t let the thought of Rosie spoil our fun. Mr Grant let us out and drove off on shop business, promising he’d be back in a couple of hours. He said he would park up and […]
Month: July 2015
The moon and Brontë
Yesterday was not only Emily Brontë’s and Kate Bush’s birthdays; it was also a blue moon. I have written a poem about the moon, which is below. Once in a Blue Moon Cushioned in the hand of night The blue moon drowned out All but the brightest stars Bounced off broken glass in the roadside […]
Memories of teenage years
Today I plan to complete Chapter 7 of The Haunted Tide. I have two pages of bare bones, in which I am writing in the first person from the perspective of a teenage girl who is embarking on her first relationship with a boy she really likes, which means thinking back to my own teenage […]
Another blogging how to…?
I would like to link posts with pages. For example, after writing the Summers Past blog this morning, I wrote a poem and put it on a new page. I would like to create a link between the blog and the page, so that readers of the blog can also read the poem. Any helpful […]
It’s taking shape
If any WordPress bloggers out there have tips on organising pages, I would be very grateful to receive them. I was struggling to organise posts and pages into menus and have just found out how to give menus headings. I think this little website is starting to take shape. I would like to separate the Writing menu into […]
Summers past
While reading a friend’s comments about rainy days on the beach, I was reminded of my childhood, when we lived with my grandparents. We couldn’t afford holidays but Nan saved up threepenny bits in a jar for days out in the summer, which she booked with a local bus company. She would take us to the […]
I can see clearly
My new glasses have changed my eyesight! I can see clearly without straining and the frame fits perfectly; no more headaches, no more specs slipping down my nose and having to be pushed back up every few minutes. They look good too. While I was in Norwich, I managed to find an outfit for my […]
Willows in the Rain
Buffeted by a bothersome breeze Glossy curls weep Drip Concealing limbs Sinewy Sinuous Bending With the weight of rain Holding up anaemic clouds Above our riotous garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMqGga4hGw The rain seems to have taken hold. Some people may be disappointed that the summer has turned wet but I love the smell and the coolness […]
This morning looks brighter
What a shame the rain put parents and children off the Summer Reading Challenge event yesterday. I got to Stalham library with plenty of time, however, only six children and their parents were there to listen to me read A Squash and a Squeeze; I even sang the refrain but they were too shy to […]
Wet Saturday in July
I can’t believe how wet and cold it is this morning. I was looking forward to reading Julia Donaldson’s A Squash and a Squeeze on the grass in front of Stalham Library as part of the Record Breakers Summer Reading Challenge, which is taking place in all libraries across Norfolk. Now we have to squash and squeeze […]
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