Hogmanay - A scottish celebration
January 5, 2023
Happy New Year! Hogmanay is a Scottish festival to mark the end of the year
‘Lang may yer lum reek, in yer ain wee hoose!’
Long may your chimney smoke, in your own small house. In other words, may you live long, and prosper.
‘What a year it’s been?’‘Aye, Where’s it gone?’
It’s the same conversation every year as is the merriment to...
Being Creative wherever you are!
October 26, 2021
Being creative from wherever you are!
I fell and fractured my coccyx and sacrum, not too badly, but enough that I had to stay still. No haring about the countryside, in fact no driving at all. I sat on a cushion cut out so there would be no pressure on my spine and I had no choice but employ my time in sedentary...
What does your family tree reveal?
August 4, 2021
What does your family tree reveal?
Family trees connect us to our ancestors, and perhaps help us understand ourselves better.
My Family Tree
Family trees fascinate me. I learn not only the names of my ancestors, but also their occupation, and important dates used to mark their life, births, marriages, and dea...
The Three Quills are up to no good!
April 1, 2021
Rather they are always Good! But they do like some fun.
Fun is their middle name, if truth be told.
Second anthology in Tangled series
Jen Yates, Leigh D’Ansey and Caroline Bagshaw have been creating words to tantalize and titivate in the second volume of three...
The Three Quills are born
March 1, 2021
"The Three Quills are Born?"
“What?”
“Never?”
“It can’t be true.”
“But it is.”
“Who are they?”
Jen Yates, Leigh D’Ansey and Caroline Bagshaw have pulled on their muslins, donned their jewels, and whipped out their feathered nibs.
Together they are The Three Quills, not to be conf...
Do you need a Retreat?
February 2, 2021
"Retreat? From what?
Why on earth would I do that?
I am a woman with a million and one things to do at home,
why would I retreat?”
Retreating from home
One of the Cambridge dictionary definition of retreat is a move back by soldiers or an army, either because they have b...
500 words a day - inspired by the snowflake guy
January 22, 2021
What do you say to a 500-word writing challenge each day for the rest of your life?
I am a writer but haven’t published my first novel yet. It is on its way. Still in the womb.
In the past twelve years I have written creative pieces, travel stories, and my journal, but have I published? The answer was a big fat NO! Until last year, when my dear friends Je...
Preparations for a Scottish Regency Ball
December 4, 2020
Learning to dance
“May I have the pleasure?”
Before a lady could accept such an offer from any suitor she needed to learn to dance.
...
Freedom
November 12, 2020
Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!
No words are truer now than they were in 1376 when John Barbour wrote them.
Inspiration
Here I was rummaging in my Granny’s library for something else and came across this mighty poem. It resonated with me, brought Scottish friends to mind, a...
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