Our holiday in Sicily was a bit of a curate’s egg…

A curate’s egg? Some parts of it were good, some bits less so… As you will know from the last post, we lost a whole week, due to Etna eruptions, all very sad. We ended…

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An unexpected week at home for Hastings Battleaxe

Surely that’s not Sicily, it’s Pett Level – and on a dull, grey, day? Sadly, you are right. We ended up back here for another week. My worst fears about Mount Etna were realised. The…

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Sunny days and sad days with Hastings Battleaxe

Still have not quite gone to Sicily… Every day I anxiously check the Catania Airport update, and so far, touch all possible wood, it is open. Etna is still busily steaming away though…  But Battleaxe…

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Hastings Battleaxe has a bookish time…

Very bookish. Had a stall at the Hastings Book Festival Book Fair on Saturday, and did a WI book talk in Eastbourne on Monday. The two novels are currently selling slowly but steadily, and Battleaxe…

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Hastings Battleaxe takes stock and stock-takes…

What do you mean, Battleaxe? Firstly, practicalities. Stock-taking and decluttering. Unfortunately, time moves inevitably forwards and Battleaxe Towers is not a minimalist home. Not remotely. Think china, glass, paintings, other objects, furniture, clothes, DVDs, CDs…

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