Squidge's Scribbles

I'm not known for my poetry. I have written poems, but they tend to be ones that rhyme because I find it relatively easy to write to a r...

This conference, organised by Writing East Midlands in partnership with Lincoln University, should have happened last year - twice. I was b...

Just outside my lounge window, I have a very old winter jasmine bush growing against the kitchen wall. It's dense, about a foot to eight...

 Last October, our cat, Timmy, died.  Since then, we've noticed rather more birds in the garden, and I've strung feeders round the g...

 In just the last week, I've seen pictures of two things that could have come straight from Tilda's world.  The first is this amazin...

When you read the next line, imagine you're playing a trumpet. Pom-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-paaaar! Delighted to let you know that I have publicat...

 I don't usually post book reviews on the Scribbles, cos I never feel I'm very good at them. I do post over on Goodreads, but my rev...