Yikes!

I knew it had been a while since last posted, but over two years? If anyone out there is interested, this is what's been happening. Two busy summers of B&B guests, More scarecrows. Meet Ziggy Scarecrow and CrowElla DeVil. As you can see I maintain a 100% record on concept outstripping execution. Lots of amateur…Read more Yikes!

Who cares?

This short story was to be the basis of the third part of a series. Each would feature a thread of the same characters. The first explored the relationship between two siblings, and a mystery involving their grandmother. Each chapter took place on a different day in their lives. The second was planned to follow…Read more Who cares?

Flora and Fauna

Our island is having a scarecrow festival next month. We had one in 2019 and it was a great success, with lots of fun events, around a hundred scarecrows, and then at the end of the week a Highland Fair and Ceilidh. It was so successful that plans were made to do it again, in…Read more Flora and Fauna

Disconnect

noun: a situation in which two or more things are not connected in the way that they should be (Cambridge dictionary) I tried to look it that definition in MrS's 'The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles Vol I A - M' but it wasn't there. But perhaps that's not a surprise because it…Read more Disconnect

February strikes again

Grief is a slippery beast. I've explored that in my novel* Don't worry that's not a spoiler, it's not out in the world. Yet? And it's not entirely doom and gloom, there are jokes. At least two. It can jump out at you from nowhere, grief, not my novel. Or even hide. And reaction to…Read more February strikes again

Consequences

Did you play that game as a child? Perhaps you still do. There are two versions, one words, the other pictures*. I think the first version I remember was the wordy one. It's a story writing game, I checked it out, and Wikipedia describes twelve steps. In my memory it's much shorter and I never…Read more Consequences

Wave goodbye, stay hello

Autumn, the time for new beginnings. New school terms, ok here in Scotland that happened last month but bear with me. A new title for my blog, nothing huge, but more what I'm doing right now, Edinburgh's the furthest I've travelled since December 2019. And I'm really not a positive enough person to always write…Read more Wave goodbye, stay hello

Think of a number

One hundred and seventy two days ago I completed my first piece of 'writing homework'. Ninety nine days have passed since my last post. In this time I've watched 4 Finnish and 1 Norwegian crime dramas. I had forty six days during Lent when I didn't eat cake, chocolate, or biscuits. There have been far…Read more Think of a number

Playing with imaginary friends

I never did as a child. Have imaginary friends that is. If I'm honest I found it an odd thing to understand. But lately I spend each afternoon "playing" with my imaginary friends. Gilly, Jamie, Jeannie, Bee, Malcolm those are their names. "I'm real, play with me instead" I control their lives, their thoughts. And…Read more Playing with imaginary friends

The days getting longer

It's over a month since my last post, so much for good intentions. I'd planned on a post per week, obviously that hasn't happened, but have stuck to my to some other resolutions. It's Lent again so I've waved goodbye to cake, biscuits, and chocolates, three weeks down, three to go. I haven't been as…Read more The days getting longer