Books and Reading, grief, Writing

Monday Morning Musing #70 New Writer’s Award

It’s taken me a while to get back to musing on a Monday and I apologise. It was a fabulous but busy Christmas period with the fun of what I called The Suitcase Hop, visiting family and friends in the UK. So, in total contrast from Terry Anne’s gloriously decorated house, I confess to doing… Continue reading Monday Morning Musing #70 New Writer’s Award

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Monday Morning Musing #66 – This Writer’s Winter’s Tale

The trouble with winter in Northern Europe is that it’s too easy to stay home in the warm. When you work as a writer, like me, your work ties you to a desk and it can be an isolating experience. I find that the loneliness creeps up on me. It’s wily and insidious and its… Continue reading Monday Morning Musing #66 – This Writer’s Winter’s Tale

Belonging, Book Launch, Families in Global Transition, Finding Home, gratitude, Happiness, Uncategorized, Writing

Monday Morning Musings #61 my tribe

Dear Terry Anne You write of gardening and how that roots you in a place. You write of receiving a call from afar and changing on a dime to wish to be somewhere else. You go on to say that you are resigning yourself to believe that it will be this way forever. I know.… Continue reading Monday Morning Musings #61 my tribe

Life Story Jar, Reminisces, Writing

Monday Morning Musing #55 – what did you do in the holidays?

After a break of a few weeks Terry Anne and I are now back to our Monday Morning Musings. Well, I call it a break but actually we haven’t had a proper holiday this summer. Apart from some weekends away I’ve been working. For the last few months I have been trialling a brand new… Continue reading Monday Morning Musing #55 – what did you do in the holidays?

Writing, writing to heal

Monday Morning Musing #53 – You Lift Me Up

I’m always a little nervous before such things, not knowing what might be ahead and whether I’d sense what I was supposed to do and not make a fool of myself.