by Graeme Cumming | Feb 25, 2022 | Blogging, Interviews, Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
I’m a regular reader of the Five on Friday feature on Jill’s Book Cafe. The format offers an interesting insight to your favourite authors – and introduces you to new ones as well. One such author was Steven Kedie, and you can read his Five on Friday... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 24, 2022 | Getting Old, Life Lessons, Politics, Thinking Aloud |
When I wrote It’s No Fun last week, it sparked off a whole range of other memories and thoughts, and I need to get them off my chest. Some of you, I’m sure, will relate to them. My first experience of care homes was back in the late 1980s when my grandma... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 14, 2022 | Getting Old, Politics, Thinking Aloud |
Over the weekend, I went to visit a friend. She’s in her late 90s and has lived on her own since her husband died about 15 years ago. In recent years, as she’s grown more frail and gradually lost her eyesight, she’s needed extra help, with carers... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 8, 2022 | Events, Literary Festivals, Meetings |
It was Harold Macmillan who, when asked what was the greatest challenge for a statesman responded with the phrase “Events, dear boy, events.” I’m no historian, but I’m aware of Macmillan’s time as Prime Minister, and that it came to an... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 5, 2022 | Book Reviews, Events, Fiction |
It’s now two almost years since I went to an Orenda Roadshow. To be precise, I should have said the Orenda Roadshow, as it’s the only one I’ve been to. However, I am hoping they’ll do more in future, because I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.... by Graeme Cumming | Jan 30, 2022 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary Festivals |
It has to be said, I’m crap at blogging. And I’m especially crap at doing book reviews. Which is surprising in the sense that I always try to encourage readers to give them, whether it’s of my own books or those of other authors. I even have a page...