by Karen J Mossman I had another email this morning, two in a short space of time, and it was so exciting to receive. If you have read my first post entitled Love Quilts UK you will understand what these quilts are and why they are so extraordinary. This is the quilt, and each cross… Continue reading Love Quilts UK Number Two
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Love Quilts UK
by Karen J Mossman It's been a while since I stitched anything for Love Quilts and when an email dropped into my mail box recently thanking for me my contribution, I was suprised, and delighted. That was when I remembered how much I loved cross stitching for them. Love Quilts UK makes quilts for children… Continue reading Love Quilts UK
A Beautiful Death
Tessa Jowell, the British MP died from a brain tumour yesterday. She was 70 years old and only diagnosed a year ago. Today, I am listening to the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2. They were talking about her ‘beautiful death.’ It was very peaceful and she was surrounded by her family. It was… Continue reading A Beautiful Death
Lonely Bouquets
I'm part of the WI and we have a great website for our federation, which is Wales. Last year our group took part in the 'Lonely Bouquet' and it was nice for all the reasons Heartburn WI have mentioned in their blog post below. It was fun making them up and then we walked around… Continue reading Lonely Bouquets
60 Glorious Years — Stevie Turner, Indie Author.
by Karen J Mossman I saw this and had to read it because April 23rd was my 60th too. It's an interesting story of school girls who have reached the milestone and stayed friends. I stayed friends with one girl from school whose life hasn't been as good to her. She married her husband the… Continue reading 60 Glorious Years — Stevie Turner, Indie Author.
Ken Dodd, Comedian 1927 – 2018
by Karen J Mossman Today, we lost wacky comedian Ken Dodd and I thought I would share a personal memory of him. In late seventies, early eighties, Ken Dodd came to the Police Club at Hough End in Manchester. He did his act, which had everyone in stitches. His jokes were always clean and so… Continue reading Ken Dodd, Comedian 1927 – 2018
The Lost Ring
Magic of Stories loves hearing tales from readers and this one came in from Gwyn Broadmeadow. She read my Lost and Found story on here and had one of her own. “In 1933, my mother Mrs Lilian Probert, lost her wedding ring. Although an extensive search was made, we failed to find it. It was… Continue reading The Lost Ring
Using Goodreads – Part 3
I discovered something else about Goodreads today while I was updating a book. So, authors, you may find this useful. Some books I noticed did not have a book cover, and I thought maybe the author had never done it before. It was while I was doing this I also discovered you can upload a… Continue reading Using Goodreads – Part 3
Sending Docs to your Kindle
If you want to send a book (or a document) to your kindle, follow my step by step guide. (This was originally written in 2018 and I've found there are changes to menu names so I've updated it. Log into Amazon and tap on Your Account'. A menu like this will open. 2. Scroll to… Continue reading Sending Docs to your Kindle
Be The Best You Can Be
I was chatting to a friend about his book’s presence on Amazon. He’d had no sales, no reviews and the book wasn’t doing anything. So I said I would look it over. The first thing I noticed was his book description. It was very wordy and just looked like a block of text. He was… Continue reading Be The Best You Can Be
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