My moongazing friends (that’s you)- thank you!

This is my last post for Nano Poblano. I have written a blog post a day for the month of November. Am I sad it has come to an end? No. Am I glad I did it? Absolutely, yes, without question. I must admit that I feel a sense of achievement. I have written about…

Darwin’s walking stick

With only two posts to go to the end of Nano poblano. I am running out of steam but am also aware of the many things I have not blogged about. For example, I am a great fan of Charles Darwin and his works and I love natural history museums and i haven’t mentioned either.…

Visitors from Cameroon

Today, in our out of the way corner of Wiltshire, we had two visitors from Cameroon, I made blueberry muffins and they tried a Virtual Reality undersea experience (they prodded sea anemones and had close encounters with giant jelly fish) and Virtual Reality Google earth. When hubby asked where to start looking to find their home…

The Red Shoes

Every Christmas a friend and I go to see a Christmas show, sometimes its a ballet or an opera. It’s definitely more my thing than hers but she kindly humours me and comes along. I have just booked for us to see The Red Shoes, a Matthew Bourne ballet at Sadler’s Wells, based on the…

My favourite blog for aspiring writers

As an aspiring fiction writer my favourite blog I turn to for advice is This Itch of Writing by Emma Darwin. Emma is a writer of historical fiction and a creative writing teacher, plus much more I am sure. I love her blog for many reasons: She is exceedingly generous in the writerly advice and…