Hip-Hip-Hor-Hay

Teetering on the cusp of England and Wales is the bibliophile’s playground of Hey-on-Wye, famed for its second hand bookshops and book festival. If you are a book lover, Hay will keep you entertained in the shops’ maze-like layouts and millions of books on...

Sign of the Times

These days, trips down memory lane are a frightening experience. I am now that older person who reminisces about how things used to be. Today I had lunch with my Dad and Brother is a tea shop in Newport which was once a bookshop where I had a Saturday job when I was...

Our Green And Pleasant Land

Wandering through the meadows of Hampton Court Castle today there was an overwhelming sense of Englishness about the place. The castellated architecture set in ancient landscape, formal flower and walled kitchen garden speaks of old world history. The kind of...

Being Stuck Amongst Time Zones

Even though the jet lag has passed it still feels like I am living in a parallel universe. Living in the moment, real-time of the northern hemisphere; and one eye and part of my mind across time zones where @m_treanor remains at Domestic Executive HQ. As he gets up...

Rhythms of Writing

Diving headlong into this writing project was a bit of a leap into the unknown. I knew I wanted to build up my writing habit but otherwise didn’t set any creative boundaries beyond that. 16 days in and it’s been a rollercoaster ride. The writing itself has...