Rural Writing Blog

30 Sep 2014

DEATH KNOCKS THE BLOGGING OFF YOU

Death can knock you sideways. One minute life is going on as normal and you’re getting on with work and…

Margaret

Rural Writing Blog

08 May 2014

WHAT’S IN A NOTEBOOK? MORE THAN YOU’D THINK

I’m a notebook lover – no, not the film, the items that you write in. I have a stack of…

Margaret

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24 Mar 2014

THOUGHTS FOR MY PENNY

Traumatic – that’s what it was - the day the animals dropped off the face of our coinage.  No more…

Margaret

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12 Feb 2014

IGNITED PASSION

  I don’t normally spend a lot of time thinking about serviettes but every February, come Valentine’s Day, those colourful…

Margaret

Rural Writing Blog

12 Feb 2014

HIDDEN CHILDREN AND STORIES TAKING OVER MY HEAD

Stories taking over my head – that’s the way my two books started. In both cases it was visceral -…

Margaret

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19 Dec 2013

THOSE WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR…

Eavesdropping – most of us don’t want to think of ourselves as people who do that but it can be…

Margaret

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17 Oct 2013

HOW TO SPOT A FARMER….

How can you tell one kind of farmer from another?  Dairy farmer from sheep farmer, for example, or beef person…

Margaret

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05 Aug 2013

15 QUOTES THAT ROCK MY BOAT

What quotes rock my boat or keep me afloat in the big adventure that is LIFE? Here are some nuggets…

Margaret

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08 Jul 2013

ODE TO MY DISHWASHER

                I was thinking of writing an ode to my dishwasher.  Well, if…

Margaret

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25 Jun 2013

HEALTH SAVVY – TOP 20 OBSERVATIONS

Want to know the top 20 things I’ve learned after writing a health column for 11 years?  If so, read…

Margaret