by Barbara | Aug 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Only ten days to go. I am like a prisoner carefully marking off the days on my calendar till my release. I am marking off the days till they go back to school.The end of August is always the same. My patience has worn thin, my nerves are frazzled. I am like a hen on a...
by Barbara | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today my blog is going to function as a dream journal because last night I had my favourite dream. It is my favourite dream because I wake up feeling really positive and uplifted and because each time I dream it, it is different. Basically my favourite dream involves...
by Barbara | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
It really is true what they say about writing.. It’s like everything else, the more you do it, the easier it comes. So, after 6 weeks or so of erratic writing due to kids off school and so called ‘summer time’ I am really struggling. I am trying to get a piece...
by Barbara | Aug 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last night I watched one of my favourite programmes “Who Do You Think You Are?” whose subject was Irish actress Dervla Kirwan. I love this programme at the best of times and have vowed if I ever come into serious money I will engage the services of ‘professionals’ to...
by Barbara | Jul 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Jayne at A Novice Novelist for the inspiration for this blog post. Jayne’s latest post is entitled ‘A Moment From My Window’.Back in 2002 when the Photographer and I came to view this house, there were two major things that we both fell in love with. One was...
by Barbara | Jul 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Well Hello… it sure feels like ages since I have spent any time at my own Kitchen Table.Summer time and all routine has more or less vanished out the window. The days seem to take on a shape of their own each morning. Each one different. My youngest two are...