A few days ago I happily started to give my 5 trunk raft Winterberry or Ilex verticillata 5 trunk raft its yearly springs haircut when I noticed to my horror that many small and some ticker branches had died during last year’s reasonable mild winter?! So I had no other choice than to get him […]…

The Silent Eye And did we dare, upon these rugged Yorkshire hills. To dream we could, then frame in would, then do… Life mirrored in the human word, embracing those who spoke it With commitment and with love That, flowing into what was seen up high, in heather heaven Became, like sparkling stream in winter,…

Originally posted on Have We Had Help?: Here is a question for all my fellow writers, both published like myself, and those who just love to write for the sheer joy of doing so. How many hours do you spend writing each day and how many words does it involve? Ever since I changed the…

Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: I spent my morning trying to write promotional materials for the eventual release of Good Liniment. It’s not the same as new fiction, but I got five posts roughed out. It probably doesn’t reach 2500 new words, but it’s fairly close. To finish them, I would need a blurb and…

A few days ago I happily started to give my 5 trunk raft Winterberry or Ilex verticillata 5 trunk raft its yearly springs haircut when I noticed to my horror that many small and some ticker branches had died during last year’s reasonable mild winter?! So I had no other choice than to get him […]…

The Silent Eye And did we dare, upon these rugged Yorkshire hills. To dream we could, then frame in would, then do… Life mirrored in the human word, embracing those who spoke it With commitment and with love That, flowing into what was seen up high, in heather heaven Became, like sparkling stream in winter,…

Originally posted on Have We Had Help?: Here is a question for all my fellow writers, both published like myself, and those who just love to write for the sheer joy of doing so. How many hours do you spend writing each day and how many words does it involve? Ever since I changed the…

Originally posted on Entertaining Stories: I spent my morning trying to write promotional materials for the eventual release of Good Liniment. It’s not the same as new fiction, but I got five posts roughed out. It probably doesn’t reach 2500 new words, but it’s fairly close. To finish them, I would need a blurb and…