Vive la Difference
Big cities or small villages – I’ve lived in both – and I know which I prefer. In my twenties and thirties I lived in Dublin, Bangkok, London and Bath, but I’ve remained for longer in villages – both in […]
Readership v Royalties
Readers are vital to writers, who are in the business of communication. So writers should be wise enough, when writing their books, to keep the potential readers in mind, and to tell good stories that arouse their curiosity to keep […]
A Day of Words
On 29th March, I was giving a talk about my book, Dear Magpies, at the Blandford Literary Festival’s Day of Words. It took place in the Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion. My talk was […]
Grandparent of the Week in My Weekly
My Weekly: 29.3.22 Week 181 Jane Corry’s Diary of a Modern Gran
Grandparent of the Week – Eve, from Dorset
Eve and her husband have four grandchildren, aged 6, 4, 2 and 6 months. The children live in Africa with their parents.
“We […]
Over a Barrel
“We’re out of gas – again!” The exasperation in my husband’s voice yesterday was evident. Like many people, we live in an area with no piped gas, and all our heating and hot water is provided by boilers that […]
Unintelligible
Intelligence, until the advent of artificial intelligence, has always been an attribute describing a human being, or a living creature. In recent years I have observed that adjective ‘intelligent’ has been applied […]
Welcome to the Next Stage of Life
A few days ago, I retired from work – my final occupation, my last job. I had orchestrated my exit, set everything in order and handed responsibility over – it all felt quite satisfying. I received a few cards and […]
Spooky Big Ben
For some years I have been a member of a small painting group in Dorset and each summer we hold an annual Summer Exhibition in Milton Abbas. Last year in 2020 it was cancelled owing to the pandemic, but this year […]
Don’t Quote Me
I wonder who is responsible for putting together online all the quotations on hundreds of different words and topics, and how accurate the attributions are. Recently I came across a whole slew of them on the subject of Change. Some […]
A Fairy Story
Spring is here and we are all wishing that the pandemic would just go away. We keep being told that it will, but somehow it still goes on and people are still […]