How is it already May? I just finished my book reviews for March dammit and now I’m a whole month behind again. But before I bombard you with my April Reads, I thought I’d break up the reviews by sharing the very last thing I wrote in my writing workshop, as that was also in … More When Past and Present Collide
As you may have seen, I’m currently in the midst of writing several book reviews for my March reads. I finished 16 reads last month so it’s quite the undertaking. However, I couldn’t really see how I could review Outlander as part of a post with several other books – only having room to say … More Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Book Review
Sorry it’s been a bit of a wait for part 2 of my March reads. It’s nearly time for April’s already! Gah I am so behind! This is what happens when you sign up for two book clubs, a writing group and Camp NaNoWriMo! No time to actually write reviews! As I think I mentioned … More March Reads Part 2
I managed to get through a rather impressive (if I do say so myself) 16 books in March. Including three physical books. So what if I started two of them the month before, and one of them last year! I finished them in March and so I am counting that as being pretty good going … More March Reads Part 1
When I lived up’t north, we used to have a yearly tradition of going to Avenham Park and rolling our Easter Eggs down the hill there. At the time I had no idea really about the history of the event – but if you’re interested in this you can find more information here – other … More Easter Egg Rolling
After the last few months of updating my blog every few days, I realise I have dropped off the radar a bit this week, apologies. I started writing a new blog piece but then realised I couldn’t finish it yet – don’t worry, it will be published, just not yet – and then had a … More My Body
I probably should have saved this post for a few weeks time but it’s my last piece from Week 5 of my writing workshop – Writing For The Hell Of It – which did I mention that the guy who runs it – Adam – is running the course again starting on 23rd March? It’s … More An Easter With A Twist
After starting the year with 27 books read in January (which you can read about here and here – I had to split my reviews up as there were so many), I have somewhat calmed down to a more manageable pace in February with a total of 9 reads. This is again a mix of … More February Reads
Our first full writing exercise in last week’s course was to pick a banal everyday activity or occurrence and write a poem about it. I had a few scenarios I could tap into last week and ended up with three short pieces which you will find below. Mould Remover and Microwaves Don’t Mix The kitchen … More Much Poetry About Nothing… In Particular
As some of you are aware, I spent January cheering on my sister-in-law through her ’50 miles in January challenge’, and I did this by pledging to walk 50 miles throughout January while she was running it. In the end my sis-in-law got to her 50 mile target, while I surpassed my original pledge of … More February Fitness Part 2
