Lois Elsden

The twelfth day – or night of Christmas

Bits and pieces by LoisJanuary 6, 2017December 6, 2016

Twelfth Night

Food by LoisJanuary 6, 2017September 21, 2016

writing by LoisJanuary 5, 2017September 10, 2018

River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 29th 1937

A couple of days ago, I shared a post which I first made some while ago; my dad and his best friend Sammy went on a river cruise in 1937, when they were just eighteen years old. Fortunately they kept a diary, and this is the second entry: Feeling very energetic this morning we got up at 8:30 […]

Houses I’ve lived in, houses I write about

writing by LoisJanuary 5, 2017October 8, 2016

Recipes for January

Food by LoisJanuary 4, 2017September 21, 2016

Practical gardening for January

Bits and pieces by LoisJanuary 4, 2017January 19, 2021

Dishes suitable for the weather

Food by LoisJanuary 3, 2017September 21, 2016

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 3, 2017September 10, 2018

River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 28th 1937

I often think back to my dad and the wonderful stories he told about his life; I am lucky enough to have inherited a dairy he kept, one August in 1937. I have shared this before but I think it’s worth sharing again! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was […]

Getting it out there

writing by LoisJanuary 2, 2017December 26, 2016

The Radwinter series by LoisJanuary 2, 2017September 16, 2018

Radwinter… 1-4, book 1

Over the next two weeks I am going to share excerpts from my novels about Thomas Radwinter; he starts by tracing his own family history, and then later investigates other people’s stories, and not just genealogical ones, but mysteries in their everyday lives. Each of the four novels starts with an introduction from Thomas which […]