A Literary Evening.

I went to my second Literary Evening on Sunday.  This is not something I discovered through my studies but was introduced to me by my sister, herself a Professor at Kingston University.  This second evening in a sequence of planned events was a talk on the work and life of Daphne du Maurier.  I love the gothic genre and du Maurer's writing; this was an opportunity to learn more and I certainly did.

I didn't realise that Daphne du Maurier had written so many books, including 'The Birds' made famous by Alfred Hitchcock in the movie of the same name. There are the ones we all know of course, Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, My Cousin Rachel and so on, but there are some that I didn't know of.  These books of course head a list of 'must reads' for me. Mary Anne, The House on the Strand, The Scapegoat and so on...

The evening is held at my family's recently acquired hotel 'The Dragon Inn' in Crickhowell, but more of that in another posting.  The evening is held in a private dining room, discreetly lit with candles, and a three course dinner is served on a refectory type table.  A glass of chilled Presecco is served upon arrival with the meal  served shortly afterwards.  The menu is extensive and the food wonderful.  This is all inclusive with the talk (complete with visual aids) for £25 per person.  A total number of approximately 30 people will have tickets.  It's a first come, first served basis and sadly a lot of people are disappointed; but if you feel this sort of evening is for you, make inquiries early!

It was a lovely evening with like minded people, and a thoroughly enjoyable one.

A New Start

Good afternoon.

When I stopped posting on this blog, I never intended it to be over three years before my return!  Many events and all this time later here I am - again!  I still intend to write about the daily living of a retired lady and promote the Welsh valleys whenever I can, but some things have changed.  I am more qualified to write now, after taking a three year course at Newport University in Creative Writing.  It was at the start of this course that I gave up blogging.

I quickly realised that all my energies were require for writing and research for my course, one that I thoroughly enjoyed. When I completed it, I stopped writing for almost a year - I don't know why - but I am going to start again with this blog.  I hope some familiar followers will re-discover the blog and some new people will join me along the way.  I have a bit of catching up to do, so I'll end this re-introduction right now so that you can catch up with Miss Jones as she is in 2014!