Bits and pieces by Lois

Meditation…

it is the start of the Urban Retreat… I won’t be able to attend, but maybe I will find my own way to focus on the theme which is:” Blazing Like The Sun…”: how can our hearts be more overflowing with kindness, compassion, confidence, and love of life? How can we find the freedom of […]

More
Family Stories by Lois

Stychens Lane

Stychens Lane in Bletchingley, Surrey, runs out of the village, in a northerly direction. It’s pretty and old, and I have  used it in my story of the Radwinter family, putting one of the children there in 1851, according to the census. If you look at the census return you won’t find him, because I’ve […]

More
Family Stories by Lois

My cousin

I’m very particular about the names I choose for my characters, and I’m sometimes criticised for my choice… but usually I am trying to find a name that does not belong to a real person in real life… obviously I can’t hope to avoid it all the time, and sometimes names jump out and ambush […]

More