I’m nearly ready for my big day! Today I’ve basted the Meadowsweet quilt I’m hoping to get quilted and cut out lots of fabric to be used in my Bliss blocks. To get rid of any feelings of guilt I’ve also washed floors, done laundry, ironed and tidied up – in the hope that no-one […]

Over the last few days I have come to realize that I’m a lot more noise sensitive than I would have thought. Normally when the kids are out it’s pretty peaceful around here. I quietly get on with my editing work, sitting whenever possible with the window open and enjoying the birdsong and the faint […]

Somebody told me a while ago that they pictured me as having an idyllic life. I would like to point out VERY LOUDLY that it isn’t idyllic. I have the same stress as the rest of you and what with the teenagers and their hormones it sometimes isn’t very nice round here at all (particularly […]

I’ve been a yoga girl for years and years. I’m not very good…running makes yoga much harder, so that the muscles that should be long end up short and so I’m not very flexible….but it’s something I really enjoy and which definitely has a gentle and positive effect on both my mind and body. It’s […]

I’ve finally finished clearing out all my clothes. At the end there really wasn’t much to get rid of – a jacket in an ‘unusual’ green that I had bought secondhand years ago and never worn (because it doesn’t go with ANYTHING. The clothes have not been created that go with that jacket. I know. […]