The thing with ripples is that once the pebble has been dropped, they just keep on going and going. Between our English woodland and Jim Milson’s Missouri hideaway, that’s a very big pond to cross. Jim wrote about these ripples…
Guest Post by Artist Emma Childs
Emma and I met and became friends through Twitter when she kindly offered her artwork as illustration for Neil Giles’ poems. Her work is featured in my first guest post. You can read more about Emma on her website E.J.L. Original…
Waiting For Snow
Writing for me is like waiting for snow… wishing for snow, for those first fluffy white flakes of inspiration to fall. The air is chilled, you’re ready but as you gaze dreamily out of the window the skies are clear.…
Guest Post by Jim Milson – Steampunk Ripples & Bearpunk Pranks!
This guest post is about ripples (and bears). My story here started with a ‘Muggle in a Puddle‘, shared by the lovely Lesley Hayes. This little poem led me to discover the blog of James Milson, writer, children’s author and…
Guest Post by Artist Christine Southworth
I’m proud to introduce my talented mum Christine Southworth as my next guest blogger. Mum is the artist responsible for all the watercolour illustrations on my blog posts. I love the watercolour paintings I grew up with but she is…
Guest Post by Neil Giles, with Artwork by Emma Childs
I’m proud to welcome my first guest blogger, my Twitter friend, Neil Giles. Neil has these poems and articles ‘Astrology: The Sacred Art‘ and ‘The Runes – Wisdom of the Past‘ published on The Oak Wheel. Follow Neil on Twitter.…
All That Glitters…
Our girls treated us to a lie-in this morning. I say treated but I mean it in the loosest sense of the word – if you could see the result of an hour’s parent-free play, perhaps you would conclude that…