Family Stories by Lois

Lois

Growing up, I was the only person I knew called Lois; my aunty had it as a middle name, and my great-grandmother was the ‘original’ Lois, but she died in 1930… long before I was born!! When we moved to the west country when i was 16, there was another girl lower down the school […]

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Food by Lois

Shy sloes

I’m not a big fan of sweet drinks or liqueurs, but one thing I do like… I’m not sure I know anyone who doesn’t like it, is sloe gin. Sloes are the fruit of the wild blackthorn,  a very prickly small tree; they are extremely sour and bitter, if you eat one raw your face […]

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writing by Lois

A little project

I fell in a sort of limbo having at last published ‘Flipside’ and not yet ready to start editing my next novel. I have a sort of restlessness, wanting to write, or do something, but not quite ready for a big undertaking. So until I’m ready to start flexing my writing muscles, I’m putting together […]

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