• The journey

    Scenes of storm-crushed daffodils

    You have probably heard the saying that Ireland often has all four seasons in any one day. This is often true, and it certainly has been true this week. To a point. The problem, this week, is that three out…

  • The journey

    The secrets we keep

    First! Exciting news: The cover for Dear Isobel is done!! Following on from last week, everything came together so well, and with the combined efforts of people in four different countries across the globe, we have the most beautiful cover…

  • The journey

    Judge the book

    Things have been moving along quickly this week. We’ve been giving serious thought to the cover of Dear Isobel. Some parts of it are easy – I have a friend who is a photographer, and he, being a photographer, knows…

  • The journey

    A Tough Edit

    We had some more tree work done yesterday. One of the reasons we fell in love with our property is that is has lots of huge and very mature trees. However, over the years, we have learned that old trees…