Marianne huddles in the corner. Only her hands and nose are visible beneath the heap of moth-eaten blankets in which she swathes herself. The winter chill of December seeps through the old fabric, sinking into her bones. A stub remains of her last candle, and she holds her hands either side of the flickering flame, […]
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Trip to Alnwick
I had a lovely jaunt up to Alnwick on Friday, primarily to visit Barter Books, my favourite bookshop in the country. I’ve blogged about it before, way back in 2011, but the last time I was there was last December. I had some books I wanted to drop off, and in return I picked up […]
Craftblogclub Winter Challenge
I’ve done a few of the #Craftblogclub challenges since the Twitter chat started a little over a year ago, and the current challenge is to create something that is winter themed. Now, for a frosty soul like myself, you’d think that would be easy. Should I knit or crochet something? Make some wintry jewellery? Produce […]
