Waves of change
I’ve often written about the effects that Covid has had on our lives – no more so than us spending the majority of our weekdays working from home. Our pets love it, don’t they? They’re so used to having us …
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Book titles
I’ve been a bit quiet, I know. A particular lockdown and the resulting COVID restrictions have been a bit more consuming lately and so has finishing up at work before leave. On the other hand, The Holiday Romance has just …
If 2020 was a villain
When we’ll think about the year 2020 in years to come, it will almost certainly be easiest to remember it for one thing only, COVID-19, and all the devastation it has caused. But when it comes right to it, is …
COVID-19 has changed us
The Coronavirus has really done a number on us, hasn’t it? Don’t get me wrong, the impact on some of us hasn’t nearly been as drastic compared to people who have lost their jobs, or those who are sick or …
Christmas time
At the risk of sounding like a bad headline, I generally have all the feels when it comes to Christmas. In fact, I’m having one particular feeling right now – I really dislike that I just used the words ‘feels’. …
Calendar events
We all have ways we spend our spare time, wasteful or otherwise. I, for instance, love to procrastinate for days about what to write a blog post about, while feeling guilty that I’m not editing, which means that I’d either …
10 things no one told you about moving overseas
You won’t be the friend someone has known for ages, for literally ages. And until you are, you’ll be an outsider. But one day, all of a sudden, you won’t be new anymore. You’ll meet some wonderful people You will …
My African backstory
Have you ever wondered where you came from? I’ve been spending a lot of time lately, thinking about exactly that. Obsessing, you might say, about an Anglo-Saxon, Germanic past, which accounts for my genetic make-up, and the place where I …
Change and conflict
Without change in Fiction, there would be no conflict. Without change in life, there would be nothing. When I think about my life, I am reminded of a particular time when change was waiting and how incredibly frightening it was. …