“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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  • Sighting the Whales

    A print version of the book, publishedby Sort Of Books. According to the Oxford Dictionary a sightline (or sight-line, or even sight line) is a ‘straight line extending from the eye of a spectator to an object or area being… Continue reading

  • Autumn Floods

     The bench , trees and lamp show where the bank usually is. I seem to have had one of those weeks where I haven’t really felt like doing much, and curling up with a book seemed much the best option to… Continue reading

  • Lolly Willowes

    Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s first novel, is a quite extraordinary story of a woman who sells her soul to the Devil and finds her true self by becoming a witch. Let me start by saying that Laura Willowes –… Continue reading

  • Saturday Stitchery!

    This week’s Saturday Snapshot is a kind of follow-up on Alyce’s photos of peacocks last week, because they reminded me that I once did a little peacock embroidery, using blue and green shiny threads, and beads, and a variety of stitches, including… Continue reading

  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

    Sometimes, when you love a book, it is quite difficult to write about it, especially when lots of other people have already said lots of terribly clever and erudite things – and Miss Pettigrew Livesfor a Day is just such… Continue reading