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Blessings
January often sees me turning reflective, seeking out essayists like Kathleen Jamie and Alistair McIntosh, to give me the words and images to navigate the dark winter days. Old folk songs sing of the ‘ghosts’ that visit us at this … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged Alexander Carmichael, blessings, carmina gadelica, charms, community, family, folk songs, gaelic prayer traditions, ghosts, grounding practices, January, miracles, mum, relfection, routine, scotland, spell songs
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Where I Write
I hope you had a lovely Easter. I was nursing the full bank holiday but got to see the children do their egg hunt before heading off on my rounds on Sunday morning. There are hundreds of baby bunnies down … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged attic, author life, Bloomsbury Set, cafes, caring, children, class, Clearances, co-working space, computer, Covid, creative life, creative space, desk, Enclosures, family life, first draft, Hannah Foley, laptop, libraries, middle-grade novel, motherhood, mum, notebooks, parenting, Potato Famine, poverty, private space, room, rural working class, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, trains, Virginia Woolf, where I work, Working class, Working class writer, writing, writing life
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Homework
Little Owl looked up from her homework the other evening, “Did you know Edward the Confessor died with no hair?” “Really? Wow, that’s interesting…” A long silence as I registered what she’d said. “No hair? That’s a funny fact to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, cosmos, Edward the Confessor, flashcards, hair, heir, homework, learning to read, maths, mum, parenting, phonics, sh, sounds, verbena
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When I Write
For those of you who don’t know, this week, two years ago, I won the Kelpies Prize at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. On Instagram this week, my publisher posted a photo of me accepting the prize from the wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged author earnings, children, children's author, debut author, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, Edinburgh International Book Festival, editing, family, holidays, juggling, Kelpies Prize, mental load, middle grade novel, mum, new school, nursing, off-duty, parenting, school holidays, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, time management, tween, two-incomes, writing, writing life, writing process
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Rain
This is a photo from half term. I sat on the beach in the sunshine while the children pottered about in the shallows. No one needed a wee or a snack, no one was having a meltdown, no one was … Continue reading
Buttercup strength
I had a bit of a slump in spirits last week. Nothing had particularly changed, and perhaps that was the problem. There’s only so long you can go on gritting your teeth. Things remained intense, challenging, hot, and confined. And … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged buttercups, children, courage, COVID-19, dispirited, hugs, kisses, leaves, lockdown restrictions, mum, parenting, slump, son
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Phoning home
I saw a funny thing the other day. I was walking behind a mum pushing a pram ladened with shopping bags and a couple of small children holding on to the frame. I heard her say to one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged black, blond, children, education, fair, forgetful, grey, Hannah Foley, hoopla, illustration, kids, mum, phone, purple, school, sweets, wheelchair, white, yellow
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Big yellow wheels
After a full day of pouring rain kept us confined indoors on Saturday we opted for a brisk romp upriver on Sunday. There the river is only a third of the width it is down near our house but it … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged autumn, diversity, ethnic minorities, fertiliser, forgetful, frost, girl, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, mixed race, mum, navy, ploughing match, rain, raincoat, river, tractor, walks, wellies, yellow
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Trapped in Tesco
It is no word of a lie to say that I spent most of one day this week trying to do our weekly grocery shopping. I began to wonder if I’d ever come out of the store alive. Since Finch … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, holiday, illustration, mum, parenting, sketches, small children, Tesco
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