My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
I began to ponder this question after a friend commented that another friend had a really good marriage. Being naturally inquisitive, I wondered what that meant. What constitutes a good relationship? We’ve come a long way since ‘honour and obey,’ I hope. Surely a partnership has to be equal, reciprocal and symbiotic? But what does …
Hi. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write a blog. I’ve been flat out working, which has felt strange to be inside the house as the sun blazes outside. It’s been cool indoors at the laptop encased in stone walls, and blindingly bright outside in the sunshine at coffee break time. Then …
https://splashesintobooks.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/the-three-witches/ With thanks to Splashes into Books
A young man I know in his thirties was talking to me recently about the huge responsibility of having children. He believed that in these times of political upheaval and change, it was unwise to bring another being into the world. He certainly couldn’t justify doing it. I had a great deal of sympathy and …
Continue reading Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. And We Wouldn’t Change A Thing…
http://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DRXeLdGFU/ If you can access the clip, please have a look at the film for my new book Golden Girls on the Run. It was made on location, and in the Haynes Motor Museum, and edited by the fabulously talented Ivor Abiks at Deep Studios. Huge thanks to Ive, Jane and Big G for starring …
It’s November now and hopefully everyone’s starting to settle into the cold months and feel the benefits of the nicer things that come with it; baked potatoes and hot drinks and fireside evenings. Am I the only person who’s had a tough October? I don’t think so. Lots of people find the decrease in sunlight …
Here's a short story I wrote for my writers' group. It was inspired by photos from a book a friend gave me, called Wild Folk by Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott. It's a bit of a folk tale. I have no title for it yet. Any ideas? .................................................................................................................................................. That night I couldn’t sleep, because I …
Abraham Lincoln said, ‘Think of strangers as friends you haven’t met yet.’ The other day, Keir Starmer said that the UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs. Some politicians claimed that his words had echoed Enoch Powell’s notorious rivers of blood speech, which imagined a future multicultural Britain where the white population …
That quintessence of dust 