In the world, blithe and brilliant Sicilian twins are playing a Coldplay song on their violins. They are so funny and happy and talented and comical that I think their video should be sent to every household as a cheering up exercise. Somewhere else in the world, the musicians of the Rotterdam Philharmonic are playingContinue reading “Lockdown Diary: Day Six.”
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Lockdown Diary: Day Five.
The silence is really deepening now. In my quiet room in Scotland, it feels as if the entire world has stopped. The fact that it’s a Saturday really brings this home. This is usually my day of play after a long week. I ride the horses with my posse of young horsewomen and then IContinue reading “Lockdown Diary: Day Five.”
Lockdown Diary: Day Four.
Author’s note: this is stupidly long, so you might like to get a nice cup of tea. It also contains a very shaggy horse story. I’m sorry about that. So much is happening now that every day feels like ten days. Every moment there is a new announcement or a new bit of breaking newsContinue reading “Lockdown Diary: Day Four.”
What Do You Do? The First in an Occasional Series.
What do you do with the old and bad and redundant photographs that you can’t bear to delete? This one is of the red mare’s ears. It is completely out of focus, so I tried to edit it in order to give it some focus. The sharpening effect just makes it look as if tinyContinue reading “What Do You Do? The First in an Occasional Series.”
Lockdown Diary: Day Three.
It’s a low, white day in Scotland. The sky is obscured by an unbroken layer of cloud and there is no wind. The strange silence continues, as if the world is holding its breath. I take the red mare out for an old lady ride. We are going at an absurdly gentle pace, even forContinue reading “Lockdown Diary: Day Three.”
Writing Post: Authenticity is Your Superpower.
Authenticity is one of your greatest writing powers. You have to be brave enough to be yourself. This is not a fancy dress party. We are not all going to dress up as Truman Capote. (Although obviously you can do that, if that is what floats your boat.) This is harder than it sounds, butContinue reading “Writing Post: Authenticity is Your Superpower.”
Writing Post: The Power of Habit
I have written this before, and I’ll write it again: the biggest thing that will stop you writing is fear. The very first post I wrote for my online writing group was called The Fear. That’s how important it is. How you deal with it will make or break your writing life. The good newsContinue reading “Writing Post: The Power of Habit”
Lockdown Diary: Day Two.
I wake in the night, shocked and breathless, from a dream of monstrously misshapen horses. It is 3am, the time that F. Scott Fitzgerald described as the dark night of the soul. For a moment, I am convinced that I have this virus, and that I’m going to die. I panic about who is goingContinue reading “Lockdown Diary: Day Two.”
Lockdown Diary: Day One.
Such a curious day. Even though I knew I would not see a living soul, I still put on my lipstick and the second-best hat. Something about morale and not letting everything go. The routine with the horses was completely different. First of all, my dear posse of young horsewomen were not there, so thereContinue reading “Lockdown Diary: Day One.”
Welcome to the New Blog
It feels like a new world, so I’m starting a new blog. This one is entirely inspired by the dramatic changes the coronavirus is making to people’s lives. There are going to be a lot of you who are stuck inside, who can’t go to your work, who have long hours to fill. I wantedContinue reading “Welcome to the New Blog”
Tania Kindersley 