There are few things that intimidate me in the kitchen – or at least few food-related things. Sudden displays of affection from any member of my family apart from Boy Three can cause feelings of anxiety. I don’t have any problem with white sauce, can manage mayonnaise and I’m reasonably confident with all manner of […]
Things I learned from a weekend in Denmark
It’s just as well some things are booked far ahead because if you left them until the last minute, they would certainly never happen. Last Thursday night, mum and I arrived at Super Sister’s house ready for an early flight to Copenhagen. SS and I somewhat frazzled at walking out of our hectic lives […]
Reflections in Copenhagen
Metrophobia on National Poetry Day
Metrophobia. Fear of poetry. In the first few classes, I thought it was one of those set-piece jokes like teachers repairing the fabric of the school with leftover dining hall dinners. But then I realised they were serious. Creative writers with a fear of poetry. Who knew? I don’t understand enough about it to be […]
The morning train
Later they would say that morning held a bleakly uneasy sense of doom. That the birds didn’t sing and the drizzle on the windows ran like tears. But they’d be making it up. It is a perfectly ordinary Tuesday morning and the train is silent but for the shushing and muttering from headphones and the […]
Instant Updates To Make Your New House More Homely
How writing is like climbing a mountain
This month I’ve written or edited almost 60,000 words. I only know this because I use the rather helpful Grammarly to check that I haven’t missed some hideously glaring error. It also, handily, strips off all the different fonts and styling you end up with when you’ve been doing lots of cut and pasting (cutting […]
