Hard times and wooden spoons!
Last week was hard. The prospect of schools closing was more or less a certainty. We’d drummed into the children …
Author Archives: afiftysomethingme
Maggie’s back!
Everything is so uncertain at the moment isn’t it. Who would have thought a few months back that the coming …
High street shops, Corona pop vans and one too many sips of sherry!
Our local Homebase closed some months ago. People wondered what was to become of the site. I fancifully hoped for …
Going it alone in Penzance
I’ve always yearned to be an adventurer. Explore new places, experience other cultures, try new foods, although I wouldn’t go …
I can’t make Jam and singing Jerusalem makes me cry!
Many moons ago I ran a pre-school in our much loved but very shabby village hall. Once a month the …
Good bye to 50 something me
I am no longer a fifty something me! So that leaves me in a bit of a quandry as far …
Frank,Elsie,Charles,a rabbit(deceased) and a bit of a writer’s wobble
I’ve been wondering lately if I should carry on posting instalments of my story. I know that some lovely people …
Maggie Thornden, where are you. Part 6
Sorry the next part has been so long in coming. My headteacher at school asked me yesterday how my book …
When Maggie met Jago
As much as I’m loving writing my first novel and equally love my characters to the point where I think …
MAGGIE THORNDEN, WHERE ARE YOU? PART 4
M Sitting in the car waiting for the traffic lights to change from red, a familiar old favourite was playing …
