: About Me

I've recently given up my employment with the Inland Revenue (!)due to a sudden illness which meant I had to retire earlier than I really wished to do;now I'm trying to start a new life and Helium seems an ideal starting point - I've always wanted to write and have done lots in the past, as a member of Creative writing classes. But although my writing's been praised, and I've felt highly encouraged, I've never really had anything published. (I say 'really' as I've had letters in magazines published and once a snippet in a book which I don't relly think count.)

I'm also currently completing a proofreading course with Chapterhouse - hopefully this will help keep the wolf from the door!

My other big passion, apart from writing that is, is animals: I've eight cats and I have just returned very upset, I must say, from Kefalonia; having fed the cats, with a little help from my husband, I have been forced to leave them to their own devices - I think about the kittens every day and pray for them, as well as my own recovery from illness.

Anyway, I'll finish and get back to feeding the said cats, which anyone who's ever owned as pets will know are terribly demanding and fussy eaters! Lookking forward to contributing to Helium and 'meeting' at least a few of you, as I hope to be much less lonely in the future.

Travel > Europe Travel Diaries Travel experiences: Snowdonia, Wales

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A Wood in Autumn The pathways through the wood are crisscrossed with the multitudinous trees' sturdy branches forming tunnel-like enclosures, through which the sun's rays occasionally penetrate quite weakly at this time of year when autumn has almost arrived. The hazy golden light thus created dimly lights the walker's path and, as the sun strikes the cool woodland air, a mysterious mistlike appearance is created, which blurs the edges of the trees and bushes causing them to loom out mysteriously as the pathways are traversed. Whilst walking through the more densely wooded areas, the overh...

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