Corners of my Mind

Although I always enjoy a holiday once I'm on my way, I find the chaos surrounding getting ready for it really tiresome. Days before I...

Today we visited the new Monkey Forest at Trentham Gardens. I wasn't sure about this new venture but now I've seen them in their tra...

Last evening was the presentation of certificates to the competition winners from the All Write Course that has been held at the city librar...

I had two hours this morning in which to do the huge pile of ironing that had grown over the last few days, it having been too hot to even c...

So, today is Midsummer. The very word sounds magical, teeming with enchantment. No wonder it is the stuff of myth and magic. Shakespeare cer...

On Saturday we drove over to the health food shop at Market Drayton to get the Shipton Mill Flour that P likes to use in his bread making. W...

I’ve just been reading an excellent article, written by Sue Arnold, in today’s Guardian. In this article she was discussing the news that t...

Tuesday evening the rather smart dark green balloon from Trentham Gardens passed slowly overhead. It took ages for it to get close enough fo...

Had a lovely wander around Ashbourne today, got there about 9.30a.m. and had a good look at the antique shops and the book shop and the supe...

I feel I have been rather neglectful of this blog recently, finding it hard, not to find the time to write, but to actually know what to say...

Friday was the All Write meeting at Hanley Library. I really enjoy these meetings and there is a nice lively crowd of people who attend. I...

During this week, in the potteries town* which is the nearest to where I live there have been two major incidents, a murder and a fire on on...

On Friday I was wandering, in the sunshine, through the market. The stalls were bright, cheerful and welcoming with flags and balloons danc...

So we have another election looming. The feeling of security goes out of the window and in comes that uneasy feeling in the pit of the stom...

Yesterday I walked the two miles to our local library in order to renew my library ticket.* I strolled into the newly refurbished librar...

It’s hard to gather my thoughts together enough to recount the things I’ve seen and done over the last few days. I was so looking forward t...

Well, the writing class on Friday went well. We all had to read out the pieces we’d written for homework, based on the theme of childhood m...

I was sitting in the conservatory this morning, drinking coffee, looking out at the garden with its brand new spring colours and I got to th...

We set out early yesterday morning and journeyed out towards Ipstones and Onecoat and then down to the stunning Manifold Valley. The morning...

When is a dream not a dream but a nightmare? I suppose when it disturbs you, makes you cry out, wake up in a sweat or stays in your memory ...