Lois

I am a writer living in the west of England; I have written fourrteen novels, my latest being 'Winterdyke' This is the latest of the seven Radwinter genealogical mysteries series, all available on Amazon - the eighth in the series due to appear in early summer. I have written seven other novels, a guide to writing, three stories for reluctant readers and two anthologies with other writers. All are available as eBooks and paperbacks. I hope my blog will engage you with my other interests, music, family history travel, and food... Most of all I hope you engage with my writing and my thoughts on the process... at least, on my process!! You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Food by LoisOctober 2, 2014

Tomatoes drying

I mentioned yesterday that I was going to try drying some of my abundant harvest of tomatoes… So far so good! After eight hours in the drier they are still quite moist but definitely very flavoursome! I’m going to attack the rest of the ripe ones and hope the greens one will ripen… I have […]

Lumps and bumps

Archaeology and geology by LoisOctober 1, 2014

Drying tomatoes

Food by LoisOctober 1, 2014

Feeling cheesy!

At the Weston Food Festival, I couldn’t resist tasting then buying some delicious cheeses. There were lots of different cheese producers but the one which particularly caught my eye was the Somerset Cheese Company. Although their stand was really busy, the people were really friendly and pleasant to everyone, even those who were just going round […]

Cookies… aka melting moments

Food by LoisOctober 1, 2014

Walking down the middle of the road

Pubs and and pints... beer, wine and spirits by LoisSeptember 30, 2014

Lympsham

Places by LoisSeptember 30, 2014

Hummus

Food by LoisSeptember 30, 2014

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisSeptember 30, 2014September 30, 2014

Something

Gene Pitney certainly had ‘something’. I was lucky enough to see him live, many years ago; he not only had a great voice, he had great stage presence. He was always very popular in Britain, and sadly he died here in Cardiff in 2006. Gene Pitney rerecorded ‘Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart’ with Marc […]

Bits and pieces by LoisSeptember 29, 2014

… of solid dignity

This elegant building, the Baptist Church, one of the first churches built in Burnham on Sea as it began to grow during the early Victorian era, is still very much in use as a church today; completed in 1843, as you can see, it is described as ‘of solid dignity’, how true!