Monthly Archives: March 2020

This time last week…

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Hannah

How strange to read back my blog post of last week. Was that only last week? It feels a life time ago. Back then, we were planning provisional childcare arrangements but we had imagined the lockdown to still be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Making changes, Uncategorized | Tagged adventure, author, author event, blog, cat, cat hat, childcare, children, children's books, COVID-19, delayed publication, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, lockdown, looking back, middle grade fiction, mystery, nerves, parenting, primary school, publication, school, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle | Comments Off

Odd times

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Hannah

Well, these are odd times indeed, aren’t they? I have had my nursing hat on over the last three days, operating under a cloud of contingency planning and training, while running around to make up for the absence of self-isolating … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Growing things | Tagged author event, birthday tea, childcare, children, community nurse, contingency planning, Corona Virus, COVID-19, dystopia, frontline staff, local businesses, NHS, NHS staff, nurse, planning, quarantine, restaurant, seeds, self-isolating, sweet peas, tomato seeds, windowsill | Comments Off

Lists

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Hannah

This year I have decided to be better at lists. Don’t get me wrong, I love lists, and I’m pretty good at them. But my lists are almost exclusively for everyday jobs and chores. I have weekly to-do lists. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Making changes | Tagged A Witch Alone, authors, book recommendations, book reviews, books, children's books, Diana Wynne Jones, Good Reads, good things, James Nichols, lists, Malamander, Nevermoor, notebooks, nourish, nursing, plugins, positivity, Reading lists, Registered Nurse, sensitive reader, stress-busting, The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Thomas Taylor, walking, walking diary, walks, work | Comments Off

World Book Day 2020

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Hannah

It is light now when I come in from my morning bike rides. The riverbanks are full of bird song and lolloping bunnies. In the streets near us, front garden shrubs explode with sparrow chatter as we pass on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, Wildlife | Tagged 2020, Author events, birdsong, book characters, book launch, capes, Cardboard Kingdom, cardboard modelling, children's books, comics, costumes, cycling, favourite characters, Hannah Foley, Harry Potter, How Billy Hippo Learned His Colours, illustrator, independent bookshop, light, Little Door Books, parenting, Portobello Bookshop, rabbits, sparrows, spring, the Beast, vivian french, World Book Day | Comments Off

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