I just spent a week in a beautiful part of the UK - the New Forest. This was our fourth visit to the same holiday park. We love it. It's peaceful, idyllic, picture postcard perfect. It's three years since we were last in the area, however. On this particular occasion,...
Where do you find writing inspiration? It can come from anywhere; a photograph, a news story, some choice words, a song. I always loved this song by Richard Marx. The words tell a story of their own and it fascinated me. I had never seen the video until I looked it up...
My eldest daughter has been begging to go camping (and you know how kids can beg). We do not own a tent or any camping equipment and camping has never been on our list of holiday ‘to do’s’ despite its ever increasing popularity. ‘Everybody else goes camping,’ says my...
Welcome to Friday Fiction. Today guest author Pamela Thibodeaux provides an extract from her book, Choices. Please use the frog link below if you would like to join in and add your own story to share. Camie's heart throbbed with excitement as she waited to be escorted...
I am reblogging this because it is such an interesting post. As I have a tween who has trouble sleeping, it is particularly poignant. We are going through this at the moment, so this definitely struck a cord with me. Hope you find it useful too.
Why do we write blog posts? Because we love to write? Because we have a story to tell? Or because we have a message that we want to get across? Whatever the reason, blog posts are written with one thing in mind - to be read. If the statistics tell us that 80% of...
I read a post recently called 'Blogging, a Full Time Job'. It highlights just how much work you have to put in to achieve blogging success. But is it worth it? That's a question I have asked myself lately. I have been blogging seriously since January. I've posted...
I recently signed up for National Trust membership after months of deliberation. I figured that the children are now old enough to start appreciating the places that are run by the NT. We are lucky enough to have many beautiful places to visit right on our doorstep,...
I am stuck in my room because I have been grounded – all day. It’s so not fair because I was supposed to go London Zoo with Annabel (who is my BFF by the way), but mum said after what I did last night that I’d be lucky if I ever left the house again. No way am I...