The Mud Maid, the Naturalist and the Seal Sanctuary
and how they beat the oligarchs, the tech bros and the data centres.
Jenny's Folly
Weekly diary on adventures - and misadventures - in self-publishing, gardening, and juggling six grandchildren across two continents.
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The Kindness of Strangers
What I learned from being stuck on a train for 8 hours with two kids and a ton of strangers
A Dog is for Life
a two week emotional and physical odyssey
That Was the Week That Was
Dog sitting, Edinburgh and thumbs that don’t work
PLAYING WELL
Turbo Drops, Trampolines and Lego
A Bloody Minefield
Facebook, family chaos, football, and discovering that writing the next book is easier than persuading people to read the first (allegedly)
Discombobulated
An Ode to Joy - more or less
Zero Thoughtful, Substackian Writing Achieved
How a four-hour delay, a chatbot, and the World Cup derailed my meditation on family and distance
No Need to Act, Mum
On spam, self publishing and a Reading in the Selkirks
From Slugs to Snow Peaks
and from goals in Vancouver to grandchildren in Revelstoke
Behind the Little Green Gate
Excuse? Reason? You decide.