Making the Most of Fifteen Minutes

Posted by Moira Forsyth on 23rd August 2010

Last week I became an author in public again.  I was briefly famous when ‘Waiting for Lindsay’ came out and a checkout operator asked me as I was shoving stuff…

What to do with all the stuff

Posted by Moira Forsyth on 17th August 2010

I wonder where it all comes from.  We gather possessions without even trying.  I know a woman whose house burned down so that she lost everything.  She told me that…

It’s not all bad, even when it rains

Posted by Moira Forsyth on 17th July 2010

Katherine Mansfield wrote a story called ‘The Tiredness of Rosabel’ about a young hat shop assistant, poor and fending for herself in a harsh world.  Maybe I should be writing…

How Many Letters Do You Write in a Week?

Posted by Moira Forsyth on 30th September 2009

There you are, it turns out I’m not much of a blogger.  I haven’t managed to write one since July, and I don’t think that’s the idea at all. …

What time do ants go to bed

Posted by Moira Forsyth on 21st August 2009

Do you keep a diary?  I kept one almost daily during my teenage years. Somewhere in my loft they are packed in cardboard boxes, boxes they’ve been in for many…