It is glorious sunshine today here, though half of the garden is already in shadow, now that it is mid-afternoon. The hawthorn tree is still covered in red berries, and at the bottom of the garden, the laurel bushes that we…
Sunday Poem – Cheryl Pearson
I’m writing this in my still-lovely writing room. It’s now finished! I put another floor-to-ceiling cupboard in yesterday and filled it with various bits, so now, although it’s small, I’ve got floor space to scoot around on my office chair.…
October Residential Poetry Course
I had a great meeting with my co-tutor Jennifer Copley today. We spent the afternoon planning the timetable and workshops that we’ll be running at our upcoming Poetry Residential at Abbot Hall Hotel in Grange-Over-Sands. The residential is running from Monday 24th…
Sunday Poem – Andrew Hopkins
I’ve spent this week trying and failing to get to sleep at a reasonable hour. I don’t usually struggle with sleeping – so this has been a whole new experience for me. I am blaming this on over-excitement – I had my…
Sunday Poem – Jennifer Copley
I can’t remember if I told you all about this last week, but while I was away in Malaga my husband built wall-to-ceiling shelves in our box room, which is now going to be my writing room. Although I’ve had…
Sunday Poem – Elisabeth Sennitt Clough
Another two weeks has rolled by and I gave myself another pass last weekend, as I was on a much-needed holiday in Malaga with three friends from my running club. After a busy few months of teaching and poetry related…
Sunday Poem – Flora De Falbe
Another two week gap since my last blog post has opened up! Since I last wrote, all of this has happened – My last day at work as a peripatetic brass teacher for Cumbria Music Service was on Wednesday. As…
Sunday Poem by Rowland Crowland
I think I’ve been blogging for around three years and I’m pretty sure a huge part of that time has been spent painting various rooms in various houses. I just had a wave of deja vu hit me as I…
Sunday Poem -Billy Letford
Back on track with the Sunday Poems now after a two week hiatus. My life is still slightly chaotic, as the end-of-term approaches. The end-of-term and end-of-school-year is always crazy, but this time it has been compounded by the…
My two week absence
Afternoon all – this is just a short blog post to reassure anybody that is wondering that I am still alive after my two week absence from blogging. I don’t need to know if you didn’t notice – you can…