Making the Most of Fifteen Minutes
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
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
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?
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
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…