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Now it begins…
Most people will know me as one half of the writing partnership Anita & Jaye Dawes, currently to be found at http://anitajaydawes.blogspot.com. We decided to run separate blogs to avoid confusion,...
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Reflections of a Writer…
This week I have tried hard to reflect on what it means to me to be a writer, and it has been difficult. For a start, I don’t think that writing and families automatically go to together. Not in my...
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Living or Dying… why can’t we choose?
The arrival of Lulu, our ancient feline visitor has resurrected all the thoughts I have struggled to suppress for the last three years. After my first heart attack, I felt extremely lucky to be alive,...
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A glorious day!
I woke up this morning expecting another grey miserable day, mainly because that’s all we’ve been getting lately, and found the sun was shining! What a difference a little bit of sunshine makes to...
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The New Forest
It was a late summer day. The sky was an intense blue and large puffy white clouds sailed along towards the horizon as we set off on an adventure, satnav in hand. The journey to the New Forest took...
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Publication Day…
When I awoke on Wednesday morning, it felt like any other late summer day. Autumn was fast approaching, but I hoped it would dawdle for a while longer. As I sipped my first cup of tea, somewhere out...
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Lulu is Still Here…
It has been three weeks now, three weeks of suspecting that we have made a huge and sad mistake. Every time I look at Lulu, our rescued geriatric feline, I have worried about our decision to take her...
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First guest post…
Reblogged from http://awomanswisdom.wordpress.com/ October 6, 2014 Guest Blog: A Swan Song or Just The Beginning? by author Jaye Marie Funny how the mind likes to push things into dark corners to be...
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Water…
How can an innocent glass of water start to look menacing? Almost as if something demonic was swimming around in it. Something we cannot see. The quality of our drinking water has not improved much...
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History repeating itself…
Nearly November, but the weather was pleasantly warm. We were walking around Southampton enjoying the late sunshine. Our mood was reasonably high, having just had a very positive ‘meet and greet’ with...
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Mermaids Tears…
The greatest magic on this earth is to be found in water. Any kind of water, whether it is the powerful oceans or the peacefully slow moving rivers. I have found magic in mighty waterfalls and simple...
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A peek inside Nine Lives…
I have been thinking about my debut novel, Nine Lives, quite a bit lately. Mainly because I want to start on the second one in the series, but also the way the whole concept seemed to change once I...
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The White Azalea…
As someone who loves bonsai, my favourite treat is to visit Heron’s Bonsai in Surrey. It is an amazing place with beautiful bonsai in every conceivable shape, size and price. From small starter trees...
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Damages…
This week I have not been at my best. My knee still hurts from my nasty fall from grace a few weeks ago, and it is more than possible I have damaged the kneecap. So what did I do, the very first day...
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Notice to Quit…
Found myself nearly at the end of my tether this week. Depression had taken a holiday, but now it was back with a vengeance. My back seems to have finally forgiven me but my knee still has an axe to...
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Do You Ever Listen to the voices in your head?
My first book, The Ninth Life came into being mainly because I became intrigued by the notion that most of us hear voices in our heads at one time or another. From Pinocchio to Joan of Arc, sometimes...
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Star Gazing…
I finished reading ‘Star Gazing’ by Linda Gillard this week. Someone recommended it to me as one of ‘the best books ever written’ and not sure about that claim, but I did enjoy it. It was all about...
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Midnight on the Embankment…
It was freezing cold on the Embankment, the river Thames flowing past with an insidious slithering oily sound in the darkness. It was nearly midnight and the air was crisp and pure, slightly...
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Goodbye to Lulu…
Never Can Say Goodbye I was sitting at my desk one morning, going through the day’s emails on my PC, when it happened again. Something brushed gently against my leg and I felt a slight pressure on the...
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