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Halloween Special

Everywhere I go is thick with cobwebs and giant spiders – not because I haven’t dusted in, like – forever, but it’s that time again. *shudders* I just typed in “houses with giant cobwebs and spiders” into google for some pix illustrating what I’m faced with on my daily 6-mile walk around Coundon. Remind meContinue reading “Halloween Special”

1970s Comics

Living above my folks’ newsagent shop in the 70s, gave me access to a whole host of comics and magazines. Some of the weekly British comics for girls I remember were: Bunty, Tammy, Jackie, Blue Jeans, Patches, Oh Boy! and Fab Hits. Here’s a bit more detail on the top three. Bunty was published byContinue reading “1970s Comics”

Calamity Chicks 2.3

Meet the Cast Here are some of the main players in Chloe’s Chaos. Most of them appear in one or more other books in the series. Chloe Bell Chloe wishes she’d been bright enough to go to grammar school, but her folks placed more emphasis on her looking good enough to catch a rich husbandContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 2.3”

Calamity Chicks 2.2

This scene from Chloe’s Chaos features most of the major players. Have fun. Something happened to Drew that summer in France. He’d picked up a sophisticated air, talking about drinking espressos in bars. His style had changed considerably, with long, floppy hair and an arty scarf which he kept on until one ofContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 2.2”

Calamity Chicks 1.3

Meet the CastHere are some of the main players in Tina’s Torment. Most of them appear in one or more other books in the series. Tina Meredith Chloe describes her as a bold courageous adventurer, who turns into a what the Chartwell nasties would call a spotty, four-eyed swot. Tina describes herself as: “Tall forContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 1.3”

Calamity Chicks 2.1

The second book in the series is Chloe’s Chaos – here’s a little more about it. Disappointment, Despair, Betrayal Chloe’s checkered past is coming back to bite her. After years as a people pleaser, easily swayed by strong personalities, she’s looking back at her poor life choices, resulting in what could be the biggest mistakeContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 2.1”

Calamity Chicks 1.2

Here’s a pivotal scene from Tina’s Torment which sets up the entire series. Enjoy. The following summer felt like a huge anti-climax. Pete and Simon spent the first three weeks on a football training scheme. They were too old and far too cool for antics at the den. We rushed down there onContinue reading “Calamity Chicks 1.2”

Calamity Chicks 1.1

Some of the books in this series are billed as fairytale, but the entire series is a Cinderella story, because it never got the send off it deserved, overtaken as it was by the Time Doctors. Calamity Chicks: Endearing, coming-of-age romances with lashings of adventure and a hint of spicy danger. Set in 70’s Britain,Continue reading “Calamity Chicks 1.1”

Back to School-itis

If you’re in England, you can’t fail to have noticed it’s back-to-school time, as evidenced by the plethora of ads for uniforms, stationary and the like. For the rugrats, this is followed by the whole transition from long, sunny play-days to grey, rainy endless days of getting your soul sucked out by a bunch ofContinue reading “Back to School-itis”

My Top Thirteen Anthem Songs

The top 4 are songs which spoke to me on a visceral level – they were telling the story of my life (thanks, Billy J). The next half dozen have similar resonance – but in later years – they didn’t move me so much at the time. Most of the others are in the listContinue reading “My Top Thirteen Anthem Songs”