• There’s nothing better for a reset than some sun and sea. This week, we took a ferry trip from Belfast over to Liverpool. My hubby (Joseph [...]

  Summer adventures – and some book promotion too

  July 18, 2025
• A few days ago I had a freaky experience outside the Ulster Museum, Belfast while filming birds. My son and I noticed that a bird was flying in [...]

  What could scare a horror author? Is the Ulster Museum in Belfast haunted?

  May 20, 2025
• This Easter break, I set myself a new challenge: climbing Slieve Donard. For those of you who are reading this post from elsewhere in the world, [...]

  Climbing Slieve Donard – what I learned from hiking up Northern Ireland’s highest mountain

  April 19, 2025
• Happy New Year! We’re now a quarter of the way into the twenty-first century. What a mind-blowing thought that is. My posts lately have [...]

  Here’s to health and a Happy New Year 2025!

  January 3, 2025

• November is here. A few years ago I used to find November a depressing month after all the fun of Halloween and before the bright lights of [...]

  Happy November! Another new bookish venture this month

  November 4, 2024
• Samhain blessings, folks! It’s finally here…my favourite seasonal holiday of the year. Today the veil between this world and that of [...]

  Happy Halloween! Samhain is here and the ghosts are coming

  October 31, 2024
• A new school term has begun, which means the summer holiday is over for me. I can’t complain. If I worked in any other job, I’d have [...]

  Back to the day-job: a summer summary

  August 25, 2024