“Leave the peach cobbler in the kitchen alone,” mother would say, going upstairs. But I couldn’t help myself. I sneaked in and watched him. Watched him make his stupid peach shoes, taunting. “Nobody’s going to wear those I’d say. “They’re stupid.” But he worked on. Fredesque […]
World Shorebirds Day
Today I discovered it is World Shorebirds Day (thanks Window’s Co-pilot!) This of course led me down a deep internet rabbit hole to discover many new things about shorebirds! Here is a link to the World Shorebirds Day website: https://www.worldshorebirdsday.org/ I recommend a read to understand […]
Once upon a detour
My second novel. Written in 2023 for a YA audience as part of my MA project. Currently being edited.
Word of the week – Pulchritudinous
pulchritudinous adjective formal uk /ˌpʌl.krɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəs/ us /ˌpʌl.krəˈtuː.dən.əs/ (especially of a woman) beautiful SOURCE: Cambridge Dictionary What a very strange sounding word indeed; a mouthful, an almost guttural sounding word which to me summons up similar sounds such as decrepitude, sepulchre, putridness. Ironic really how such an ugly sounding word […]
Project Hail Mary
I feel like everyone’s heard of The Martian by Andy Weir (and maybe seen the film starring Matt Damon as solo Mars inhabitant and space pirate, Mark Watney)…but have you also heard of Project Hail Mary?
Not a book about birds – but not everything I read has an avian theme! 🙂
The Goldfinch
If there is one book on my shelf that I cannot help myself coming back to now and again, it’s Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Goldfinch. Not just a book which references a beautiful work of art – but a beautiful work of art itself – a true masterpiece of literary fiction.
Welcome to the Aviary
If I lived in another world, where anything was possible, all the birds in that world would be my friends. Some people secretly wish for super powers; if I had a super power, the ability to befriend and communicate with feathery winged beings would be mine.