Old keys are mysterious objects aren’t they. I’ve realised recently that hand-held artefacts are what I find really magical for… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 24: Old Keys and Other Stuff

Honestly that felt hilarious, dashing down the hill at dusk to try and catch the 5.15pm postal collection with my… Read more Adventures in Letter Writing No. 23: “Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?” (Jane Austen)

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