He is gorgeous

I've been re-reading her lately. I think Innocent Blood is still my favourite

Joni Mitchell's "River" - or Greg Lake "I believe in Father Christmas"

Old Knobbley, English Oak Tree in Mistley, England
Approx. 800 year old, trunk circumference about 9.5m and 4.3m high
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I knew procrastination was one of my issues, but arrgghh

I thought the idea for the first story I had any success with had come out of nowhere - it was shortlisted for the Asham Award in 2008. Years later, I found the whole idea scribbled in an old notebook from 1990...

Not my usual style - not a sequin kinda person at all - but it was a fun project in a year I've had no energy to play at all.

(the blue is my washed out old tablecloth, not part of the piece at all!)

"The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study."
- Erica Jong

Addendum- "With no internet connection"
- Ann Rawson

A beautiful #Roman blue glass bowl, recovered during excavations in the city of Nijmegen (Netherlands). Not only is it a very lovely piece of glass, but it was actually found completely intact - not even a crack! - which is remarkable for a piece of 2000 year old glassware! AncientBlueSky

Gluten free sandwich loaf!

It only took five years from coeliac diagnosis to discover a reliable and tasty bread recipe - this one from the Loopy Whisk's blog

Found my husband's missing Christmas sweater during forced decluttering, so a very Frazetta Christmas it will be....

(Sorry, I know it's only November, but it might be lost again by December)

A beautiful #Roman necklace made of gold & amethyst - definitely a design I would still wear today (but not this exact one, it being 1800-1900 years old..!) AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

Gluten free sourdough loaf...

Well, almost - I didn't have enough faith in Winifred (my starter) even though she was quite frisky, so I did add a little yeast

And apparently I am supposed to wait 24 hours before cutting

Yeah, right

"Some black cats are witches in disguise. Some witches are black cats in disguise."
Folklore of Wales 1909
🎨 Raphaël Vavasseur
#NationalCatDay #Halloween 🎃

gluten free sourdough bagels

they're not as good as pre-coeliac, but they're not bad...

in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing

Apparently elsewhere on social media, writers are supposed to consider other authors are their competition. No, that's really not the way things work. We encourage and support each other in this challenging business and recommend each others' books because a rising tide lifts all the boats.

New strategy!

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Yesterday's swan

It was a slow burn, but it was creepy from the beginning. Maybe not quite a British Highsmith though, which was what persuaded me to read!

I read the Spider-Orchid first and loved it, but I too was disappointed with Uncle Paul.