It’s been a hectic couple of weeks in the blogosphere. No sooner had I been tagged than two other lovely bloggers nominated me for blog awards – JoAnna for Versatile Blogger and Pauline Barclay – herself one of the sunniest bloggers on the planet – for Friendly Blogger. I am grateful to both of these … Continue reading Awards and ancestry.
It’s just as well that Rachael gave us extra time for the second campaign challenge. 200 words to include imago, lacuna,miasma synchronicity and oscitate? It was off to the dictionary for me, but when I got there, I wasn’t much farther forward! The excellent and inventive efforts of other campaigners left me awestruck but still … Continue reading Cowboy or Alien?
If I were writing a nostalgia piece about my childhood, The People’s Friend, or The Friend as my Granny called it, would be sure to figure. She came to stay with us when I was around six and from that day on it arrived every week without fail until her death, complete with stories, knitting … Continue reading The (People’s) Friend
You might remember that Secret of the Sands was the product of my Kindle download experiment of judging a book by its first chapter and I was in no way disappointed. This is a rattling good yarn with a fascinating setting – both historical and geographical – which is evoked in fabulous detail by the … Continue reading Secret of the Sands
Ten random facts is the challenge in a game of blogging tag, and this time I’m it. Hmm, random. Would that be interesting? Or just random? I shall leave you to judge. Thanks to Rosalind Adam for tagging me. Depsite the ‘random’ challenge, I couldn’t resist trying my hand at a little classification. I’m a bit … Continue reading Classified information, or me by DDC
