A very happy and healthy New Year to everyone, 2025 already. Would you believe how fast the years seem to go? I hope this past year of '24 has been good to you. I've had some interesting and challenging times, as we all do.
I've had a new knee which I've decided to call FRED and as any of you who have had knee replacements know - it can be a bit of a challenge in the aftermath of the operation. Fred is still in training and getting to know his place, but he doesn't like this cold weather very much!! So, here's hoping that we'll all get some sunshine soon.
Many thanks to you lovely readers who bought my Cornish Wartime Stories: Be Brave for Me, Promise You'll Wait and Please Come Home. Thank you all for your continued support and encouragement and your friendship. I think of you when I sit at my desk and write and imagine you looking over my shoulder.
I met some smashing people this past year during author talks. Thank you to the staff of Perranporth and Falmouth libraries for inviting me to speak on the anniversary of the D Day Landings and for the warm welcome. It was fascinating to meet those people who came and to hear their wartime stories. Also thanks to the Tregolls Book Club for inviting me along. Great to meet you all and a special thank you to Jeannie and Howard for your great welcome and for the cake of course!!
It's good to meet like-minded people who are avid readers like myself, and value books. I believe books are real treasures in life. I can't keep count of the number of books I've read and enjoyed this past year. Being able to read stories and be invited into an author's imagination is a gift that I cherish. I thank those writers for the time and energy and part of themselves that they put into the process of writing their books.
I hope this New Year will bring some joy with it for you all. It looks like there may be some challenges ahead for us, but I wish you more smiles than tears! Keep reading.
Many thanks again and please take care and have a healthy and joyful year ahead.
Best wishes,