Autumn is definitely my season. 🖤

I am still here, I am still writing. My health hasn't been great & life's been a lot this year. But, I'm hoping to start writing & submitting poetry again. It feels like the right time.

There is sun. There are flowers. Reminding myself that sometimes that has to be enough. 🌞

This is Merlin.

He's my little desk buddy, trying to help me get back into writing the last 5th of my novel. 🤍

My top 15 books of 2024! 🖤

1. Drift - Caryl Lewis
2. Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
3. An Academy for Liars - Alexis Henderson
4. Starling House - Alix E Harrow
5. Orbital - Samantha Harvey
6. My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
7. Foster - Claire Keegan
8. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

I hope all who celebrate have had a lovely Christmas, from me & the perfect Yorkshire puddings I made. ❤️

I just watched 'That Christmas'. Cried. It was fabulous and I would recommend watching (and also would recommend having a lovely hot chocolate with it). 🎄❤️

The house is starting to feel festive. The tree gets pride of place in my reading corner. 🎄

A little poem, finding it's way here from the bad place (X).

I made more bread. 🍞

Today's bake was these colourful cookies. 🍪

Moments from this week. Ready for a restful weekend.

Once upon a time I wrote poems, and they sounded like this. 🖤

Important life update: I made bread for the first time this weekend and it was blooming gorgeous! 🖤💜