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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Steam and song
On Sunday, bubbling pans on the hob, we had the kitchen windows open to let out the steam. A soft rain fell outside, the gentle putter of the falling drops punctuating by the occasional ding of a larger drop hitting … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged 2021, bike ride, birdsong, blackbird, blue tit, Covid, COVID-19, cycling, daffodils, lockdown, nature, rain, river, spring, vaccinations
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Book extract
Counting down… it’s four weeks to the publication of The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle. The clip above is from my publisher’s YouTube channel – me reading an extract from the book to whet your whistles. Isn’t it funny seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, Avery Buckle, bicycles, cats, children's books, Discover Kelpies, edinburgh, Floris Books, Hannah Foley, libraries, magic, middle grade, middle grade fiction, owls, reading, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamieβs book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, itβs a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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