I had my second jab on Friday!  I feel so blessed, so fortunate. I have emerged from the last year unscathed by personal loss, and fit and w...

Yes, I have definitely aged since this time last year. I've been cycling all winter when it's been possible, but battling the cold a...

Cece asked me on FaceTime on Friday: 'When are you going to write another book?' Another book? I can't even write the blog. Admi...

I'm really sorry, but the only news at Hepworth Towers on this sunny but bitingly cold Monday morning is that I have finished the painti...

Dave says all kinds of things that brighten my day. Take what he said this morning as I was eating my breakfast: 'What's happened to...

Progress on my dungarees painting is slow because the sun has been shining which means no loitering inside. So far my favourite part is the ...

How are you? I hope you're not struggling. I hope you're doing OK and enjoying the sunshine. One week I'm fine, the next week I...

Seven years ago another writer asked me which one of the four books I'd written was my favourite, and I refused to pick one. One year ag...

It's the anniversary today of the beginning of the first  UK   Covid lockdown, and many people are looking back and thinking about who t...

I wrote a blog post on Wednesday and didn't post it, and I wrote a different one yesterday and didn't post that. They weren't fi...

I've been having a series of guest posts from regular readers of the blog, readers who live a long way from here, the Derbyshire Peak Di...