The author always enjoyed a sense of freedom, whether roaming around the Somerset countryside as a child or later on, living offshore with her husband and three daughters on a boat. She considers nothing strictly ‘out of bounds’, and for seventy years no-one has stopped her in her tracks. Thank You for My Dinner really sums up the dichotomy of her life – an upbringing steeped in Victorian-based principles and the free license to go her own way, which was generous even by twenty-first century standards.This is the story of Celia’s early life coupled with a trip down the river, never completely grown up, always looking for adventure, not anticipating danger, but keeping a sense of fun and a smile through various struggles – and surviving enough to say ‘thank you’ at the end.
As late October is the time of both the Wells Festival of Literature and Northern Ireland Book Week, I thought I would start with a little quote from Michael Longley, the Belfast poet. He introduc ........
A few weeks ago I travelled across to South Wales to visit the town and place where my Grandmother was born. Aberdare in the Rhondda Valley, was a one-time mining town, nestled deep between steep ........
I have previously mentioned that my husband has a new hobby – well, it has entered a bigger time scale with widened knowledge and more adventurous ideas....Our house is now a ticking box – full of tin ........
People are always saying it's not a good idea to return to places you once knew – or even to think about them or pour over old photographs and mementos. Re-living and reflecting on the Past are best a ........
When most people talk about 'eating out' they are probably thinking of cafés, pubs or restaurants, and imagining their favourite lunch or dinner menus – with the emphasis on the 'eating'.In contra ........
It's turning out to be quite a year for scaling heights - and some small physical, and perhaps even mental, goals and ambitions achieved en route...Starting off at the very top of the British Isles lo ........
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