My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
The other day on my dawn walk, I thought I could smell autumn in the air. It’s a unique smell, sharp, tangy, new, a scent that tells me the seasons are changing. Of course I could be completely wrong, but I think I’ve always been able to smell it. It’s a sign that summer is …
I don’t really care about Valentine’s Day. I’m not bothered about the commercial aspect of any of those occasions, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a total party girl. I love to celebrate. Big G just got a new job. I just sold a million books. Celebration time, come on! But …
Continue reading The Big Valentine’s Dinner Date. If you could choose anyone, who would you invite?
Today’s blog post is about the cold. This month has been freezing. Baltic. Icy. I mean electric blanket at night sort of freezing. Scarf and gloves and extra socks during the day freezing. I don’t care how silly I look in that bobbly tassel hat with Amsterdam knitted on it as long as it keeps …
The things we do for art… In the name of researching a book, I have to check my facts. And most of the time, fact checking is very pleasurable. Take going on location, for instance. Research trips have taken me to France, Scotland, The Isle of Skye, Cornwall, East Anglia, St Albans, Dublin. It’s only …
You know that feeling, when you are indoors and suddenly you become aware of the four walls around you being a bit narrow. I am blessed in the house I live in as that happens less nowadays, but in previous homes, I’ve walked around the place like a caged animal. A sudden voice calls, bidding …
On Friday, I had a lovely evening out with fourteen other people, friends, family. There was food, laughter, much hugging and kissing. On Saturday I went speed dating. With foreign language students. So not dating exactly. And definitely no hugging and kissing. On Sunday, I went to see my brother and his wife and we …
I’m no great mathematician, but I loved Venn diagrams at school. I enjoyed looking at the universal set, which is everything, and the overlapping circles or other shapes within that illustrated the logical relationships between two or more sets of items. I was fascinated by how things overlapped; how certain things appear in only one …
I love this term – the oxygen of publicity. Although - didn't Margaret Thatcher come up with it first, in the context of learning to starve the oxygen from terrorism, or something? I'm using it here to refer to negative views and comments that seem to fill the internet and the airwaves and come to …
Thank you for reading my blog! I’m bewildered by the miracle of blogging. I sit here in the middle of rural England at a desk writing a few random thoughts. I schedule the time for the blog to go out and whoosh! As if by magic, people across the globe stop to read it. As …
The winter is always great fun. First you get Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night, and the dark sky is our best friend, a backdrop of stars while we’re out trick-and-treating, or filled with billowing smoke and fizzing rockets in all colours. The smell of baking potatoes hangs on the air, fried onions, spicy parkin – whatever …
Continue reading You know it’s spring when…(A UK perspective.)
That quintessence of dust 