21 August 2014
In the last couple of weeks, I have attended a great many children's shows with my daughter, because I have...
18 August 2014
About a month ago, my strong and courageous friend Jen lost her bright and beautiful son Harry to GBM, an...
9 July 2014
I am no poet, but I have written hundreds of poems. They are not good, possibly even ludicrous, many of...
1 February 2014
First published on here for Bea Magazine in January 2014. I know that various writers have posted on Bea about the...
1 December 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in November 2013. If you'd told me a year ago that I'd do consecutive Bea...
1 November 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in October 2013. If there's anyone out there that has read the majority of my...
1 October 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in September 2013. --- My last two posts have been about the Edinburgh Festival; one was...
1 September 2013
with Ida Persson and Jen Nicholson, first published here for Bea Magazine in August 2013. I'm up at the Edinburgh Festival this month...
1 August 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in July 2013. You know, when my thoughts turn to writing my monthly post for...
1 July 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in June 2013. I'm sorry to be slightly emotional about this, but I've had a...
1 June 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in May 2013. When I was a small child, I was an avid reader. I...
1 May 2013
First published here for Bea Magazine in April 2013. A couple of months ago, I did a post on here that...
29 April 2013
First published here, for Bea Magazine, in March 2013. Before I say anything else, I'd like to make it clear that...
1 March 2013
This post was first published in Bea Magazine on 24 Feb 2013. When my daughter started at the primary school she...
1 February 2013
Originally published here for Bea Magazine on 24 January 2013. This week I've witnessed some things I'd rather not have witnessed, read words I'd...
26 December 2012
Originally published here for Bea Magazine on 24 December 2012. Now, you may scoff, but I believe in the magic of this season....