Sisters are one of God’s better inventions. You can get the train to Bingley together and see the Five Rise Locks for the second time t...

You know how Jane and I have been working hard and having fun with our new novel? Well, most of our collaboration is done by email, so I hav...

“April is a beautiful month in the Derbyshire Dales: the colour returns to the landscape. All through the long cold winters, the grass ...

I am working really hard and loving it – Jane and I are having immense fun with this new novel (so far untitled – yes! Still untitled!) An...

I’ve told you how much I like her books: here is an interview with her.

Yay! I woke up at the normal time today and feel like I used to do before I went away. So it did take a day for every time zone to feel ...

Do you remember that Eric Morecambe quote : “I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order”? When I was sitting ...

I haven’t mentioned this before, because I know how lucky I am to be able to fly to San Francisco to spend time with my family, and i didn’t...

I know I always say this, but it doesn’t matter where I’ve been or how much I’ve enjoyed my time away, I always love to come home to Hepwort...

I know it's time to go home, because: It's been warm and sunny the whole time I've been here and today it's raining. It ...

I've been away. I've been away from away. I went to Redwood City to stay with the Aging Hippie, and I've come back to the cit...

How hip am I? I'm sitting with Isaac's super slim laptop and a cafe latte in a cafe on the edge of the Mission district. Yesterday m...

I've just come back home from brunch in a cafe. I love brunch. And I love it in the USA. You can order a bottomless mimosa, and a main o...

That's it! I am done with Sebastian Barry. I don't care if he does write like an angel. I can't take any more of the unhappiness...

So here I am sitting in bed with a laptop - no change there, you might think. But here in SF it is time to be asleep. Lovely little Lux...

This is the first time I have been in San Francisco in the spring, so it's the first time I have seen hills that are green. It'...

It’s raining in San Francisco, and Isaac has bought Lux her first umbrella. But look at the photo! Both she and Wendy are wearing warm coats...

Narrowboats naturally reflect the tastes and lifestyles of their owners, and this applies to the boats of boat companies too.The boat we ...

I’m sorry to have left you in the lurch with no explanation. We went for a surprise holiday on a narrowboat on the Leeds-Liverpool canal wit...

oh dear oh dear oh dear – it doesn’t suit me being busy. I want to be sitting in bed all morning with my laptop writing the next 10,000 word...

I’ve just heard back from my co-author Jane, and she likes my second batch of the book (10,000 words). Yay! This is the first draft and...

I’m sorry not to be posting this week. I am really busy with a family matter. This family member is not involved, but she is a sweetie: ...

I had a difficult week last week, which is why I was so dyspeptic in Friday’s post. Now all I will say about small talk is that the weather ...

I hate going to new hairdressers because they always try to make trivial conversation and ask you inane questions like “Are you off out toni...

One of the very many things my sister Jen and I miss with our mother gone, is her encouragement. These days we try to encourage each other...