My Quiet Life in Suffolk

 In 2024 I did 'Reading the Seasons' and for Winter I read  Arthur Ransome's Winter Holiday, Winter in the Air  by Sylvia Townse...

It's a year since I came up with the idea of reading some books with Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter in their titles. This was the boo...

 When did a Railway Station become a Train Station? When did Going Shopping become a Shopping Haul? Why is the tag line to TV adverts for Ma...

   The Nightingale  by Kristin Hannah is another excellent well written story from this author. I picked up my copy from a jumble sale, grab...

 The short stories in this book were weird but I got to the end. It's only the second book with winter in the title so I thought I'd...

 I've got lots of Christmas tree decorations gathered over 40 years and only a smallish tree so a few years ago everything got sorted in...

Thank you everyone for comments yesterday, sorry I didn't reply individually - I wanted to get Christmas cards and notes done so I can g...

 Last weekend I said I'd decided to paint the small bedroom/toy room with just enough paint left from the living room to do it but paint...

 Just the second book with Autumn in the title so far. This is a collection of short stories that had previously appeared in magazines back ...

 Someone mentioned this book when I said there are a shortage of books with Autumn in the title but  there was no copy to borrow at the libr...

The Olympic part Summer of Sport 2024 has nearly finished - what will I do now?  Have to wait for the Paralympics coming along on the 28th. ...

There have been some sticky hot nights this last week, the gel pillow things are totally useless, they only stay cold for a short while so I...

 This book with Summer in it's title is accounts of school summer holidays from various people from all walks of life - although tipping...

 First of all have to say thank you for all the comments yesterday about Redgrave Church - it's quite a special church. I keep being sur...

 Allowed  into my 'not really a challenge' due to it's subtitle was this..... Murder By The Seaside - Ten Classic Crime Stories ...

 My third book of Reading the Seasons for Summer was Stephen Baxter's Historical Fantasy - Bronze Summer.   This is the second in The No...

 My second book with Summer in the title was a children's book -  Cuckoo Summer by Jonathan Tulloch. This popped up when I searched for ...