I’m not well off, but I have a roof over my head, food on the table and enough to pay my bills. Correction, I am well off. Having a clear out I was astounded at the amount of ‘stuff’ I have that I never use. Everything from computers, nick-nacks and electrical goods I no longer need, …
Month: October 2015
Vanda
When I was an archer, a friend challenged me to write a short story that included both Vampires and Archery. As we are in the Halloween season this seemed an appropriate time to post it. Vanda was hungry, very hungry. This wasn’t surprising as she hadn’t hunted for four days, and even that had come …
The silver horse
I wasn’t like the other horses in my family. They say it was because my mother escaped to the mountains one night, when the moon was full and magical beings were dancing in the glow of its silver light. Although she was recaptured after her adventure our owners weren’t pleased. She had a long pedigree, …
National Poetry Day
Today is National Poetry Day I don't usually write poetry but this is one I wrote many years ago based on a sad, true story told to me by a Maltese/Australian friend. Malta is a woman This island is a woman surrounded by the sea, but how can she still claim me? Why won’t she …
‘ABC Destiny’ -Book signing
My first Book signing. Excited, nervous, panicking and looking forward to it, all jumbled together. At least the problem of what to wear (well, I am female) 😀 has been solved. With the builders over-running, all my clothes are still buried in black sacks under piles of rubble. Plaster-coated trackies and dressing gown it is then. Perhaps …