Here are some quotations from my latest novel, The Witch's Tree, complete with some photos I've taken.
Category: Mind body and spirit
Quiz: Would you have been a witch in the 1600s?
In The Witch's Tree, the finger of suspicion is pointed in the seventeenth century. How would you have fared then? Take my quiz.
Remembering Pat, a ‘witch.’
Here's my blog post about the time I met a witch
Why Were So Many Women Accused of Being Witches?
Here's a blog post about why so many women were accused of being witches.
Emma’s sad story.
This is a blog post about how important it is to think about how we treat ourselves, and how we need to be a good friend to ourselves at all times.
My Two New Year’s Resolutions.
New Year Resolutions. I can't help being indecisive. But all that might change - or it may not...
Strutting the Lucullus style…
I’ve always been bit of a wimp about cooking a meal for just myself. I’m a dry-biscuits and a bit of fruit or a bowl of soup kind of girl if I’m on my own. It doesn’t bring the same amount of enjoyment, cooking for one, dining alone. Sharing is nice, eating with others is …
Olympics, Football: it’s all about the supporters.
I really enjoyed watching the Olympic games on TV recently. There’s something very inspirational and moving about seeing the performance of talented athletes who have dedicated years to perfecting their skills, the culmination of their training coming to fruition in the Olympic arena against others who are also at the top of their game. It’s …
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To care or not to care, that is the question….
When I was in my teens, I had a boyfriend – let’s call him Alexander - who told me ‘You care too much about people who don’t matter.’ I was intrigued by that comment and, being a bit of a philosopher, I went away and thought about it a lot. The first bit, I accepted: …
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Note to myself as this time of restrictions comes to an end…
Like many people, I have dreamed and planned for a long time what I’ll actually do to celebrate when the time of Covid restrictions comes to an end. I haven’t spoken to most of these people face to face, of course, but at a social distance and, more times than not, over social media. There’s …
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That quintessence of dust 