I live in the beautiful countryside of Basse-Normandie in France, quite close to Le Mont St Michel.

Before taking early retirement I lectured in Social Sciences in the West of England. My particular subject areas were Social and Moral Philosophy, Sociology and Social Psychology.

I was also an Open University tutor in Social Sciences for many years, a job I thoroughly enjoyed, largely because the students were so motivated.

In between teaching commitments, having worked with the written word for so long, I decided to qualify as a copy editor and proofreader. This enabled me to follow a part-time interest as a self-employed copywriter and copy editor. I still do this on an occasional basis.

However, these days my interests are more of the rural and domestic variety. They include keeping chickens, vegetable gardening, and knitting. I also enjoy home decorating, cooking, and anything to do with the countryside.

My passion is ...

living in the country

I know too much about ...

social and moral philosophical theories that will never be put into practice in the real world

My parents always told me ...

not to make so much noise

My childhood ambition ...

to be a blues singer

Why I write ...

I just can't break the habit

My inspiration ...

fresh air and sunshine

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Flowers

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The queue was inching its way towards the checkout and Shirley Watkins' bunion was playing her up again. She hated Mr Mishra's shop on Sunday mornings. Truth be told, she hated it all the time because she couldn't stand Mr Mishra himself. She tried never to use his shop but it was the only one open on Sundays and she needed a tin of peas to go with her lamb chop, the nearest she claimed she could afford to a proper Sunday roast on her pension.

At the till was Mr Mishra himself, beaming away as though everyone he served was his favourite customer. Well, it was no good trying that silly gr...

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