Bits and pieces by Lois

The Flower of Bristol

I’m sure many people have heard of the Flower of Scotland, but I’m not sure many people apart from Bristol folk have heard of the Flower of Bristol; it is our nearest big city and we have visited it dozens and dozens of times over the years but we didn’t know it had its own […]

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writing by Lois

Here’s the house, where’s the story?

I saw this poor neglected house and immediately thought there was a story behind that unloved front door…  But what is it? Every time we walk past it I think about it, but as yet no tale has emerged. It should be an elegant and attractive property, if it was well-maintained as its neighbours are; the […]

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The Radwinter series by Lois

Thomas Radwinter

My previous post was about the third part of the Radwinter story I am writing; the main character, Thomas Radwinter introduces the narrative, just as he has with the previous two novels. Each story has a slightly different introduction, as Thomas’s situation changes. Here is the third part: My name is Thomas Marcus Pemberton Radwinter. […]

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Music... and my favourite gigs by Lois

I saw Bob Dylan

My first, but not my last trip to the USA was memorable for a lot of reasons, I was with my best buddy, Wendy who lived there, we had lots of adventures, including me nearly wrecking her boat because I didn’t know what a boo-ey was… it was a buoy which of course we English pronounce […]

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