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Back to school - Sunday, October 15th 2006 6:37 PM
My visit to the Cheltenham Literature Festival’s writing workshop with Salley Vickers on Monday was fantastic. She was so encouraging to everyone and kind enough to sign my...
Autumn is here - Sunday, October 8th 2006 7:57 PM
Autumn is finally here. Today I put away my summer clothes and unpacked my woollies. Paul’s room is now cluttered with boxes which will have to go back up to the loft. I...
What Kind of Cookie Are You? - Sunday, October 1st 2006 7:23 PM
You Are a Fortune Cookie You're a rather normal person, except that you have extraordinary luck in life. People want to be around you (even when...
What I miss - Sunday, September 24th 2006 7:00 PM
Is it really Sunday night again? I haven’t posted for a week and this will probably be my pattern for the time being, although I’ll be around dropping in on my friends’...
Busy weekend - Sunday, September 17th 2006 8:35 PM
My writing has taken a bit of a back seat since I last posted, but you need a break now and then and I’ve just had a lovely weekend. Clare, a very dear friend whom I’ve...
Three things - Tuesday, September 12th 2006 7:00 PM
Although I did something similar to this a while back, as I’ve been tagged by the lovely Emma here is my meme (in no particular order of importance):  ...
Health matters - Friday, September 8th 2006 11:37 PM
My check up at the gynae oncology clinic on Wednesday went well and it was a relief to find out I don’t have another one till December. All that poking and prodding isn’t...
Keeping busy - Tuesday, September 5th 2006 6:23 PM
I tidied my desk today, which merits a photo as it’s a rare occurrence. This is where I sit and “chat” to you as well as write my WIP.   I’ve been...
Peace reigns - Friday, September 1st 2006 6:15 PM
There've been ups and downs regarding the cats. But we're getting there. The above photo was taken in an "up" moment. So sweet! Yesterday evening they played together,...
Guess who came home for dinner? - Tuesday, August 29th 2006 9:24 AM
Yes! The one and only Charlie cat is back. This time he was ONLY away for one week. I said to my DH, in the middle of watching a police drama on BBC1, 'Let's go and see...
Home again - Thursday, August 24th 2006 10:04 AM
It's good to be back. We took this photo of Sophie yesterday in amongst our cook books. She's a real cutie, very attached to Paul at the moment (well we HAVE been...
Home tonight - Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 12:08 PM
This is the view from our "dream house". It's not built yet so it MAY be available to buy when we're ready, provided the price is right. We've always wanted a home with a...
Feeling Yucky - Thursday, August 17th 2006 12:25 PM
Sorry I haven't been around much recently. I'm not feeling very well - problems with digestion. It's probably the stress of everything that's happened the past few months but...
Via Roberto Browning - Monday, August 14th 2006 6:40 PM
I had a busy weekend looking after my mum, who was stung by a wasp on Friday. She's allergic and her foot swelled up like a football. She took to her bed and we had to carry up...
Ice Cream - Friday, August 11th 2006 6:31 PM
I'm on a healthy eating regime, but one thing I find impossible to resist in Italy is the ice cream. These are the choices at our local cafe. I love chocolate. You are invited...
Clouds over the mountains - Thursday, August 10th 2006 5:32 PM
Yesterday morning my DH and I went to do some shopping at a local supermarket and this was the view as we drove back to my mother's house. You can see the clouds building up...
Human chess - Tuesday, August 8th 2006 6:32 PM
This is a photo that I took today of the Main Square of Marostica in the province of Vicenza. In 1454, Marostica belonged to the Venetian Republic. Two noblemen fell in love...
The Sounds of Italy - Sunday, August 6th 2006 11:30 AM
  You can see from the above photo that my mother lives on a hill. Yesterday, after another thunderstorm, I took a photo of the mist rising in the valley. Sound rises...
Thunderstorms in the Veneto - Thursday, August 3rd 2006 8:10 PM
This is the view from the front of my mother's house. I took the photo yesterday afternoon after a terrific thunderstorm. Storms in this part of the world are incredibly...
Off tomorrow - Monday, July 31st 2006 10:05 AM
Charlie is very restless today. Yesterday he slept and slept, but this morning he’s pacing around the house like a caged tiger. We had a close shave when the postman...
My cup runneth over - Sunday, July 30th 2006 9:58 AM
I’m so happy. Last night, my DH got up in the middle of the night and went down to the kitchen for a glass of water. He looked out into the garden and there was...
Happy Blogday to me! - Saturday, July 29th 2006 6:45 PM
Wow! Today I’ve been blogging for a whole year. I started because I’d read the journals of some authors, i.e. Kate Hardy and Kate Harrison. They inspired me and I...
Kick Start? - Thursday, July 27th 2006 4:33 PM
This little baby is such a sweetie-pie. She sleeps, wakes up and plays, eats and then sleeps again. It seems as if she has grown already in the two days she’s been with us....
New Baby - Wednesday, July 26th 2006 4:34 PM
This is Sophie – six weeks old and a bundle of mischief. We had been on the lookout for a “little sister” for Charlie for a while. It’s such a shame...
History - Monday, July 24th 2006 12:07 PM
Last night I dreamt that Charlie Cat had come home. I was hugging him to me in my dream when I woke up. It was such a disappointment to face reality. I’ve been coming to...