

Stepping Through Stones
Driving home to Cornwall after visiting my mum last week, I finally made the detour to Avebury. I’ve seen the signs so many times, always...


Echoes of Home
I’m staying with my mum in Buckinghamshire for a few days. Away from my own house, I often find it hard to sleep, rising when the first...


🍂 Introducing The First and Last Summer
There’s something about the turning of the seasons that always makes me reflective and a little melancholy. The golden old master style...


A Birthday Voyage
Some days stay with you forever. Days steeped in sunshine and blessed with salty breezes. Days that, even as they unfold, you somehow...


Remembering VE Day — A Story Close to My Heart
This week marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day , a time to pause and remember the moment peace returned to Europe after years of...


THE POOL
I'm working on my new novel and one of the key settings in 1908, 1914 and the present is the old Victorian swimming pool. This is...


Daphne
Let’s be honest, it’s a scary, unsettling time in the world. Like most folk I struggle at times with worries for the future, feeling...


Whispers of Time: The churchyard at St Wyllow, Lanteglos-by-Fowey
Whispers of Time: The churchyard at St Wyllow, Lanteglos-by-Fowey This is a liminal place. A shiver in time. A quiet pause in a whirling...


The River's Promise
A River’s Promise: Finding Peace in the Unchanging Flow This morning, as I stepped out before dawn, the world still held its breath. The...


Celebrating World Book Day: A Journey Through Reading and Writing
Happy World Book Day! As an author, I often reflect on the pivotal role books and reading have played in shaping my career. The writing...