Sticking My Neck Out — An Evening Meal (2)
Friday, August 6th, 2010 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 2 Comments »I stuck my neck out but I've still got my head on ! Following my last Post (Aug 4th) the meal was a success, yes, but I was not pleased with the Sweet course. It did not turn out to my ...
Sticking My Neck Out – An Evening Meal.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 2 Comments »I'm sticking my neck out tomorrow (Thursday). Two friends coming to an evening meal and the menu I've planned I have never done before !! Will I face total disaster or huge success? Look a fool in front of my ...
Lost 15 miles from home — impossible?
Friday, July 30th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 5 Comments »Has anybody else got lost only 15 miles from home? I did last weekend. All because of these silly diversion signs that lead you nowhere or suddenly disappear from the route you were diverted to. Road closed - I followed ...
WESTERN
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Book Preview, Books, DIARY | 4 Comments »[caption id="attachment_547" align="aligncenter" width="194" caption="Trail of Revenge"][/caption] Cover of Western just published in Large Print by Magna Books in their Dales Large Print imprint. It was first published in hardback in 1964 by Robert Hale. Cover by Gordon Crabb When the body ...
Jessica Blair novels reissue.
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »Coming NOVEMBER TENTH 6 JESSICA BLAIR novels re-issued in paperback with new covers THE RED SHAWL, A DISTANT HARBOUR, STORM BAY, THE RESTLESS SPIRIT, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, THE SEAWEED GATHERERS. Historical sagas of adventure and romance. Published by Piatkus an imprint of ...
Ferry Delight
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | No Comments »Ferry for Unst, Shetland 1977 [caption id="attachment_535" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Our ferry for Tiree arriving at Oban 2010"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_534" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The old and the new 1977 Scalloway Shetland "][/caption] I read an article about the delight of using ferries around the British ...
Weekend Visits
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 2 Comments »Had a great weekend. Saturday:Took a friend to lunch at the Buck Inn, Thornton Watlass between Masham and Bedale in North Yorkshire. Excellent meal in a friendly pub. Pretty village. Its cricket field is the village green ! Yes it's big ...
Blog Neglect and My Writing World
Friday, July 2nd, 2010 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »Blog neglect, we all have our own reasons for this ailment. Some are genuine some mere excuses to not get down to putting words on the computer - well in this respect. I have been putting words down - answering ...
Independent Booksellers
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in Books, DIARY, The Writing World | No Comments »Visited White Rose Books whenI was in nearby Thirsk. Good to be in an independent bookshop with its own style of presentation. No dictating from head office ! Sue Lake, the owner, has gathered a pleasant, helpful staff interested in the customer ...
Middlesbrough LitFest – Radio Interview
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Writing World | 2 Comments »Interviewed today for radio in connection with my talk at Middlesbrough LitFest on 29June, 6- 8pm. The interview has been put on the internet. If you want to hear it go to http://southsidebroadcasting.podbean.com/ The interviewer, Alex Lewczuk and Gill Appleton were in ...
