OK, seriously, this is why the world of letter writing is not dull at all but a little world of… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 22: Postcards from the Past

I had a really sad thought today.  Eventually all the people who I have treasured letters from, kept safe in… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 21: “A Fo Ben, Bid Bont” (Welsh Proverb)

Well that was the best thing ever (I am such a saddo), and a hundred times easier to make than… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 20: Quills and Spills

Happy New Year!  Wow, 2018!  Such anticipation and expectation.  A whole new year ahead!  Resolutions, hopes, goals, exciting new projects. … Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 19: Out with the New, In with the Old

I love Oxford. The history. The Town and Gown. The old Colleges. The mystery of the place. I love that… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 18: “And that sweet city with her dreaming spires…” (Matthew Arnold)

Looking up famous people and where they write (or wrote) letters from has been fascinating.  Well-known folk obviously wanted to… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 17: Say “Cheese!”

It makes me smile to share my little letter writing shed with a life-size cardboard cut-out of Horatio Nelson. He’s… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 16: Horatio and Me

It was only when I started to think back to all the children’s programmes we used to watch with our… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 15: To CBeebies or Not To CBeebies

I’m actually still procrastinating by writing this, but serendipity did a lovely thing so I honestly had to write it down.… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 14: Putting the “Pro” in Procrastination

That sounds a bit creepy, that title, like some sort of haunted missive, but I didn’t know how else to… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 13: The Voice in My Letter