Monday, 25 July 2011
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Been On Our Holiday-pops
Had a fantastic week in Dorset and then Somerset with Jamie and Daddy and although the bed could have been less hard, I feel rather rested. I did take my writing 'work in progress' file but didn't have chance to look at it. I did however, fill in a few pages in my (new) notebook. Sat on the beach with my pen and paper while the boys were in the amusements, I initially felt a bit odd surrounded by families who probably wondered what I was doing and where my child was, but once I got over the self consciousness I wrote and wrote.....blog entries, poetry and even the start of a short story or novel. It felt great to just have some blank pages and a pen to fill them. My mind felt 'opened' and I even jotted down a number of ideas that came from somewhere in my forgotten past. Oh, and my 'To Do' list got a few additions as well!!
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Book Recommendation
What with us all being ill – including the car - and then the car needing to have over £400 spent on it, I have been less than creative the last few weeks. Being sick or cleaning up sick can sap all the life out of you….
But I have had time; while lying on my back, to read The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor www.andrew-taylor.co.uk/ It is a beautiful book set in 1786 at Jerusalem College, Cambridge. Was it a ghost he saw or something else? There are some lovely descriptions and even a hint of romance. The only problem was that some of the passages were so well written I had to go back to read them again.
He had become as formless as the fog over the river.
It is strange how soon a life can collapse if the foundations are removed.
Somehow life had to continue. One could not allow the dead to act as a brake on the living.
I do not lightly ignore the ties of friendship. Why should we permit death to sever them?
I can see why it won the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2009.
But I have had time; while lying on my back, to read The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor www.andrew-taylor.co.uk/ It is a beautiful book set in 1786 at Jerusalem College, Cambridge. Was it a ghost he saw or something else? There are some lovely descriptions and even a hint of romance. The only problem was that some of the passages were so well written I had to go back to read them again.
He had become as formless as the fog over the river.
It is strange how soon a life can collapse if the foundations are removed.
Somehow life had to continue. One could not allow the dead to act as a brake on the living.
I do not lightly ignore the ties of friendship. Why should we permit death to sever them?
I can see why it won the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2009.
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Apologies to Barbara
www.barbaracoopercareby.co.uk/
Should have been attending the launch party of Barbara's book; 'Forgotten People' today but we have all been so poorly (including the car) over the last week there is no way any of us had the strength!! All the best for a successful launch and best selling book!!
Should have been attending the launch party of Barbara's book; 'Forgotten People' today but we have all been so poorly (including the car) over the last week there is no way any of us had the strength!! All the best for a successful launch and best selling book!!
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