Life, books and reading, nature, knitting, what's happening in the garden, a bit of memoir, general chat. Wide-ranging ruminations. I usually post at the weekend.
Getting older. If I don't write now, I never will. Ex-academic trying to lose the habit of academic writing. Reader, writer, knitter, walker, gardener, critic.
How to write narrative nonfiction books and podcasts, plus a place for all my work that won't be a book or a podcast.
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Reading 20th-century fiction and exploring womenโs history through an intellectual dining club, 1890-1914