Windflowers

I used to run a small writing group in a rather rundown estate in Northern Ireland, known colloquially as BallyBosnia. The name BallyBosnia...

This year, at its end, I turn 60. The big 60, so I thought it timely to think of all the good things and bad about being this old. ...

The world is ever more connected. In my family, there is a collection of the ladies journal from 1850 that originally belonged to my ...

Dennis was dead by his own hand and even as I digested the news, the thought bubbled unwanted into my mind that I had never liked him. ...

I have always loved libraries.  There is something wonderful about them.  Our house was always filled with books and I can remember picking ...

It is so cold I am sitting with a hot water bottle on my lap as I type.   There are several facets to growing older and one for me is ...