https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/img_2317.jpg?w=768 PrecariousThe layers of lifeOne on top of anotherLichen finds fresh airMoments of hopeMoments of clarityPollution seeps inSlowly. Stealthily The foundations hold strongBut all may topple with the slightestUnsettling I … Continue reading Unsettling… Photo Challenge #403
I shall not be diminished I shall not be held backShadow shall not cover meor bury my tracksI may not live upto your expectations of mebut I am my own … Continue reading I Shall Not
There’s a sound to breaking waves when they’re close, a sound like nothing else. The background roar is unmistakable, overlaid by the swash of the landing wave and then the … Continue reading The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Synopsis It’s never too late to start a new chapter… The utterly charming and feel-good new novel from the bestselling author of The Secrets of Sunshine and The Library of Lost and Found. … Continue reading The Book Share by Phaedra Patrick
Synopsis Welcome to No.12 Rue des Amants: a beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine.Where nothing goes … Continue reading The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
My Saturday morning read today is The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. ‘What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World.’ I started this book some … Continue reading The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Today I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for A Royal Murder, another fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift murder mystery by Verity Bright. Synopsis At the royal … Continue reading A Royal Murder by Verity Bright
I am ancient.My roots grow deep and firm in the earth beneath me.I am witness to the birth of spring and the cold,hard death of winter… again and again and … Continue reading I am ancient
Today I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for The Start of Something by Miranda Dickinson. Synopsis Two lonely people.One note in the window.And what happens … Continue reading The Start of Something by Miranda Dickinson
Today I am delighted to be taking part in the Random Things blog tour for The City of Tears by Kate Mosse. Synopsis May 1572. For ten violent years, the … Continue reading The City of Tears by Kate Mosse
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