• “Favourite” movies

    07 October 2022

    I recently saw a film called Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon. It was a strange, uneven film, quietly enjoyable but nothing Earth-shattering, and I probably wouldn't have ever mentioned it here, except...

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  • School events

    06 October 2022

    Now that kids are back at school and hopefully settled in nicely after the summer holidays, I've started doing online virtual events again. In these, I chat about myself a bit, read an extract from...

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  • Peacock’s Halloween Horror collection

    05 October 2022

    I mentioned in my monthly online newsletter at the start of the month that the Cirque Du Freak movie is now streaming on PEACOCK in the USA. Since then I found a bit more information about it on...

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  • Tattoo Tuesday - Mel

    04 October 2022

    It's another Tattoo Tuesday!!

    This week's offering comes courtesy of a Shanster called MEL, who opted for my most popular quote -- "Even in death may you be triumphant!"

    I really like the font...

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  • Lady of Shady Ashford

    03 October 2022

    I was delighted to see Lady Of The Shades chosen as the Book of the Week in Ashford Library in the UK during September. Their librarians clearly have excellent taste in books!!! ������

     

    For...

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  • Will the Lanzarote photos never end?!?

    02 October 2022

    I'm still working through the photos from the Shan clans' trip to Lanzarote back in June. It was our first holiday abroad in almost three years, so we took quite a lot of snaps!!

     

    The first two...

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