Writing · Writing Workshop

I Believe In Fairies ~ a prompt for @libertyfallsdwn


This week has been one of little niggly things resulting in several moments of grumpiness, stroppiness and quite a few tears - and that's before you take the kids into consideration. Things have been forgotten and/or lost, random allergies have popped up and a million other tiny annoying things have happened - I'm quite looking… Continue reading I Believe In Fairies ~ a prompt for @libertyfallsdwn

Poetry · Writing · Writing Workshop

Poetry


It was MD Writer's Club last night and in a change from our usual programme we had a guest speaker in. Brenda Read-Brown is a writer, primarily a performance poet and it was brilliant to listen to her - I forget how much I love watching performance poets because they challenge me to think often… Continue reading Poetry

Quotes of the Week

Quotes of the Week


Tori: {Looking at the nails sat on the half-constructed cupboard} Caius, what are all these pine needles for? * {Playing hide and seek. Tori is hiding, Mummy is seeking} Mummy: {not moving} Is Tori behind the sofa? Tori: Nope! Mummy: Is she under the table? Tori: Nope! Mummy: Is she on the bookshelf? Tori: No!… Continue reading Quotes of the Week

Family · Just For Fun · Toddler

Off On a Treasure Hunt


It's a beautiful day today - perfect Autumn picture with bright sunshine, blue skies, chilly wind and a bite to the air. With it being half-term we wanted to give the Smalls a treat and suddenly remembered that English Folkfan had set them a challenge: So a Treasure Hunt around town it was. On went… Continue reading Off On a Treasure Hunt

Writing · Writing Workshop

I Believe In Fairies ~ a prompt for @libertyfallsdwn


With NaNo currently putting me through my paces it gives me a little kick of pleasure to inflict a writing task on Liberty too. Because I'm nice like that. And that's why she loves me. Last week I set her the prompt of 'A Break In The Clouds' and she responded with a particularly exciting… Continue reading I Believe In Fairies ~ a prompt for @libertyfallsdwn