Contribution Archives • ALEXANDRIA BLAELOCK

Thank You Mrs Sparkle

A curious thing happened today. DB and I went to our local village fair, and among the things we do…
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Not long ago, Katy got in touch. And I was remembering that she taught me one of the most important…
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Turns out to have been a really long time since I wrote a Dinner Party, and for a while there…
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“Normal” people get caught in social media quagmires, but I run down a different kind of internet rabbit hole. When…
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I took advantage of the recent gloriously summery weather to catch up on some washing, starting with the towels because…
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A while back, almost at the start of this blog, I talked about a place for setting goals for choice….
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In 1954, Abraham Maslow posited that all people are driven to fulfil a basic set of human needs. Essentially, you…
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The other day I was watching Men in Black: International, and among other things that made me laugh, were the…
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I generally call myself a forward thinker, but just lately I’ve been thinking backwards. It’s been a time of Great…
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Some days it seems that all around you are exhortations to be happy. And some days, it feels like you…
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One of the 2019 Emerging Writers Festival workshops I enjoyed was Madeleine Dore’s Reaching the Finish Line, but it was…
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Just recently I’ve read (and written) a few stories about World War II London. I’m inspired to write a Stress…
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I’m working on a new book I’m hoping to release before Christmas, so over the last few weeks I’ve spent…
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I’ve been thinking about minding the beeswax of business. It started when I was happily watching a period drama. You…
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It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I have so much to do that I’m not sure what to do…
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