Be In The Place

April 15, 2005

by me!!

(despite being a day late) I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present! The first copies I’ve seen of my book came in the post today! How exciting – I literally did a dance!

And it looks really cool. Thank you Rebecca Garrill for the cover design, it really suits the story perfectly. And I love the shiny sun.

My parents have now read it and my Mum has decided it’s good enough to tell her friends about. And that’s praise indeed. The rest of you have to wait until….get your calendars, filofaxes and diaries….ready?Pen? May 5th!!!

Be In The Place, Writing,

Modern fairytale painting

A fairytale in a painting

November 4, 2022

I don’t know if you had the same thing when you were at school, but once a week or so, we’d all be handed a card and we’d have to write a story about the picture on it. I remember it quite clearly because I’d look forward to that lesson and I always wanted to write an amazing story, but I was never inspired by the picture so I was always disappointed with what I wrote….

handmade Christmas cards

Giving handmade Christmas cards

December 8, 2021

There’s something about sending handmade Christmas cards that’s loaded with all kinds of baggage. A few people will get it. My cousin will get it. My mother and sister-in-laws will get it, because I know they love to craft. Oh – I can actually think of two of my friends who are creative souls, but I don’t think the majority of people receiving my cards will fully understand why I do it….

Creativity ideas #ourcreativeyear

February 21, 2022

This year, I thought it would be a good plan to try and encourage everyone to be more creative. Every month I’ll be writing a few ideas based around a prompt or theme to hopefully get you going! …

gratitude journaling

Why you should try gratitude journalling

February 14, 2022

Have you heard of the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon? Or perhaps you’ve heard it called ‘Frequency bias’? Have you ever looked around for your new car; chosen a make and model you’re interested in, and then all of a sudden you see it everywhere? It’s the car in front of you in the traffic jam, and then you walk past two more as you walk across the car park to the Tescos entrance. It seems like the universe knows you want that car, and decides to show it to you ALL the time…

Barbie Fairytopia

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