In Which I Appear on Social Media

You can now find me on Goodreads! To the surprise of certain of my connections who never thought to see me on social media (and who clearly don’t use Ravelry).

Should you wish to know what I am reading/have read, and on occasion, what I thought of it, pop along to my page and have a rummage.


Full disclosure: I have read more than 48 books in my lifetime. (Surprise!) But one cannot spend all day marking books as read, particularly when one does not remember them in intimate detail. Work in progress, although I don’t think I will bore you all by recording absolutely every book I read, or even every re-read. Too much admin, as a friend of mine wisely says.

If you are a Goodreads user yourself, feel free to make a connection. You can also ask me questions about my work and life as a writer, but then, you’ve always been able to do that here, too.

And yes, I have read Restoration Day, but I haven’t marked it as read, thus avoiding any embarrassment contingent on being asked for my candid opinion of it.

Oh, Christchurch

Of course my thoughts are with the people of Christchurch (for many years my home). Where else could my thoughts possibly be at a time like this?
And, what I trust are more valuable, my prayers are for them as well, and for all our country.
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Working Through It

Once upon a time there was a woman called Anna Margaretta Brereton, and she had ten children.
One by one, five of her children died. After the loss of her fifth child, she withdrew to her chamber and began to sew. She cut, she basted, she pieced, she appliquéd, she embroidered.
She hand-sewed not only a full, sweeping bedspread for a four-poster bed, but all the drapes and hangings to go with it.

Bedsead, Boston area, 1760-1780, mahogany, maple, white pine, reproduction hangings - Concord Museum - Concord, MA - DSC05712
This is not Mrs Brereton’s work, but you can see the quantity involved.
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