I always thought so. But then, that was how I experienced it, reading my way through as much as I could get my hands on when I was growing up. Words to make exciting things happen. Words to show complete understanding of how someone is feeling. Words that are more about feel than meaning – …
Author archives: alison
Chart your course – or follow your nose?
Here’s the thing. Quite a lot of the other 31 day blogs are setting a theme, and some are planning out what to say when. Am I prepared to do the same? So far, no deliberate planning. A few blog ideas are emerging as I do my daily walk to school but that’s about it. …
31 days – but no pack drill
So. Bit of back story. Where does the 31 days of writing thing come from? I regularly read a blog called Tales from a Gypsy Mama, written by Lisa-Jo Baker, based in the US. The 31 days notion appeared on her blog on Friday last week, and chimed in with a feeling I’d had about …
Aye – write
Hello again. It’s been a while. Three years, in fact. Autumn is often the time I seem to come back to blogging. The light fades, you’re inside more. I think the story telling gene kicks in at that time. No wonder there’s a storytelling festival in October – the season lends itself to if. So, …
Small world
A nice surprise this week – an email from a friend in Germany, who found the blog in passing, and tracked me down to my work email address. What I like about this is that we met back in 1993, and despite not meeting up much since, emails and letters, off and on, have helped …