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Recent links I’ve loved…

Posted on October 10, 2015 by vanessa

Anyone with even half an eye on the media can’t have missed that it was the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth recently. This piece from the Irish Times which asked crime writers such as Sophie Hannah, Val McDermid, Linwood … Continue reading →

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Hopes and aspirations for 2015

Posted on January 4, 2015 by vanessa

There’s something about the phrase “New Year Resolutions” that sounds rather rigid, destined to fall at the first fence.  Having thought about what I learnt in 2014, rather I’ve made a list of plans and hopes and intentions for 2015.  … Continue reading →

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Friday Favourites

Posted on October 17, 2014 by vanessa

I haven’t blogged as the last fortnight has been frantic – two new books published, we bought a house at auction and we’re off to London on our next home exchange trip next week and so we’ve been planning that.  … Continue reading →

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Home Exchanging – I’ll swap you mine if you swap yours

Posted on August 21, 2014 by vanessa

After deciding that we would try home exchanging and choosing a company to register with (here’s my blog post about that), it was time to put our own listing together and start arranging our swaps. There is masses of information … Continue reading →

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Home Exchanging – travel not tourism

Posted on August 15, 2014 by vanessa

You love your home so it follows that other people would love your home – right? And imagine that by letting other people stay in your home you could be reading in their lavender-scented Provencal garden; lounging by their Californian … Continue reading →

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