by Valerie | Jul 24, 2018 | General interest, history, Italy, people, travel
No rain for nearly six weeks. Occasionally clouds, but light and carefree. Or they pile up on the horizon like mountains shimmering behind a grey haze, and then disperse to leave the sun to reign by day and the moon by night. At dusk this Friday Britain will witness a... by Valerie | Nov 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Olives eaten by bugs and autumn leaves blown off by gales – what a prelude to winter! Every year we drive to Rievaulx Abbey to see the autumn colour and walk along the terrace with a perfect view down to the ruined abbey in the valley below. It was one of the ones... by Valerie | Jun 24, 2014 | art, General interest, history, museums, people, travel, writing a novel
Back at the start of my novel, now with a title but needing a character revision. This is the third revision, and I realise that the first chapter I always thought was so apt, isn’t at all. I need to think it out again. So I found myself contemplating roses on the...
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