Conversation or communication - so what do I mean as being the difference? Well, actually, quite a lot! As a young lady coming out into society, they were expected to learn how to converse.

Have you ever had a pair of slippers that have got really old but because they are just so comfortable, you don’t want to take them off?

I think I started writing before school or very close to it anyway. And once I started writing I just couldn’t stop! It was the other half to my reading.

“What a stormy night” thought Edith as she fought her way forward to race the clouds and reach home. She was soaked through and her hair was whipping across her face as she attempted the stroll.

I don’t know if you ever colour in pages with pictures and words and things and some of them even tell you the colour to use. I was doing one today and there was only one word on the page - HOPE.

Well, you say, what on earth are you talking about? There are three different accepted words that are used for people who write fiction in different ways.

I was going to write to you about the colour russet brown because I find them such an intriguing combination of words.

Have you ever sat down and thought about your friends or family and what they might be going through? Things they may not be saying to you or anyone else.