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Snow…
On Thursday night, it started to snow. And it snowed and snowed and snowed, and by the time we got to Friday morning, it was, well, pretty snowy. We don’t often get this much ‘down’ here in N.E. Switzerland, so … Continue reading
Springtime in N.E. Switzerland… 🇨đź‡
It hasn’t been one of those balmy springs. We had a mild(ish) March, followed by a distinctly chilly April-May, so much so that almost everyone I know retrieved their winter jackets from wherever they’d put them away to in March, … Continue reading
A walk around the old town…
Arbon has been here for many, many years. Centuries, in fact – it has connections to an Irish monk called Gallus who died here in 646. We have a castle, part of the original town wall still stands, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, travel
Tagged Arbon, Gallus, Lake Constance, Switzerland, travel
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Holiday in Switzerland, anyone?
Imagine having the chance to spend a week in a hotel by a lovely Swiss lake, all expenses paid. That’s what happens to Stacy in my soon-to-be-published novella, A Lake in Switzerland. Just before the story starts, Stacy is wondering … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged A Lake in Switzerland, Amazon, Austria, Germany, Kindle, Lake Constance, novella, Switzerland, travel
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Change of direction…
Think of a road, a straight one, like the ones in films, with one lonely car crossing the desert… Your way is clear for miles ahead. Life isn’t like that – we can turn corners and take the road less … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged am writing, Fabrian Books, feel-good fiction, Lake Constance, novellas, Switzerland, women's fiction, Writing
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Over the sea to… Friedreichshafen
Our lake – Lake Constance – is huge. 536 square kilometres, to be exact. Standing on the banks on a misty day, you can almost imagine you’re gazing out over the Atlantic. The photo below was taken from the Austrian … Continue reading
Reichenau…
…is a tiny island on our lake. It belongs to Germany, and over the centuries has been home to over 20 churches and chapels, though only three remain. Last week I went there with a couple of friends – the … Continue reading
Posted in travel
Tagged Arenenberg, Bodensee, Germany, Lake Constance, Reichenau, Switzerland, Untersee, Zeppelin
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LAMBS!!!
Yesterday (Saturday), I was sitting in a bus on the way up to town. All was peaceful. Until a woman, complete with grandson, got on and sat down nearby. The little boy would be three, maybe four, and he immediately … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland
Tagged Helen Pollard, Lake Constance, The Attic Room, The Saturday Secret
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Switzerland – Lucerne (and a few more watery pics…)
Last week, I spent a lovely day in Central Switzerland, first of all with friends in the city of Lucerne, and then with my boys in Zurich. After all the rain we’ve had recently, it was unbelievably soothing to have … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, travel
Tagged floods 2016, Lake Constance, Lake Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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In memory of summers past…
Remember back in the day, when the long school holidays started, and weeks and weeks of sunshine stretched in front of us, and we had nothing to do but play – and read? Remember building caterpiller zoos in jam jars, … Continue reading
Posted in books
Tagged childhood, Chosen Child, floods, KDP All-Star Bonus, Lake Constance, Little House on the Prairie, memories, The Growing Summer
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