It was so great launching Jennifer as part of the Askew Road Festival! There was wiggling, jiggling, masks and so much fun was had! Thank you, Askew Road community for the opportunity and Greenside School for the fabulous illustrations!
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It was a great treat to be back starting the new school year off with a reading in Aberdeenshire at Woodlands Nursery. The children were so engaged, and I was so happy to be back sharing stories and adventures once more.
It is always such a joy sharing stories on the farm. It makes me just so, so happy. This year did not disappoint. Even the shells came out for a bit of sparkle. What a jolly time we all had and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be part of it, as always.
I am hoping to get my books published with acair books into gaelic. I think this could be a really exciting journey for Oscar, his friends and me. It was also a wonderful excuse to visit Lewis and Harris and explore the wonders the world offers around there.
On 10th August I ran 6km for the National Literacy Trust. This was a big deal for me as I haven’t run since having pretty major surgery six years ago. I am aware of how important literacy is and would do anything to give children a chance to flourish in the world today. I believe creativity is becoming increasingly important in our modern world.
Peanut is ready to enter your hearts and homes to ensure that no one will feel alone.
Love, kindness, dreaming, hoping and believing. Please come to the launch to meet Peanut and Paul. Help them rise and never fall.
In each story a bit of my soul kisses the earth, but their real worth is the joy to bring to all of you, a calmness that is long overdue!
Please save the date- 29th February 2024, London Museum of Water and Steam! All welcome!
I always used to say sorry. I am not sure why or what I was apologising for. I was apologising because I always felt inadequate, not up to the same speed as my friends and family. Read More →
I was a little apprehensive before heading off to my first hen party.
Drunken nights, willies, naked butlers, silly games. Would I fit in or be left feeling most uncomfortable? Having lived a reclusive author life for a while how would I relate to my peers?
All worries were unfounded, of course. It is a weekend to spend with your oldest and dearest friends who bring out the very best in you and make you be the best version of you that you can and who you care for with all your being in return.
It is a weekend with friends who you have known almost all your life, who have been with you through life’s inevitable ups and downs and who you wish only the very best for and who you are prepared to work as hard as you can to celebrate and give to them everything that makes them them.
It takes you out of yourself and you enter a space where you think only of them in the most healthy of ways. To give is the very strongest of gifts and one that you can’t give to all but on a hen weekend you have the space and opportunity to show the gratitude you feel and the happiness you want to share and give to those who have discovered the ultimate gift of life- love unconditionally and have that love returned 110%.
I have been catching up with episodes of Big Scottish Book club recently. On one of them, Miriam Margolyes says that the best gift a parent can give a child is love. Read More →
