Rosemary Morris's Blog – June 2011 Archive (4)

Retro Centre and Samuel Pepys

I always enjoy visiting St Albans.  Yesterday I visited a treasure house of items from times past at a Retro Centre, which I will visit again, and I shall attend the Retro Fair next weekend. 

The Retro Centre is divided into sections where different sellers arrange their wares.  China, glass, curios, soft furnishings, clothes and a treasure house of books.

As I went round I yearned to own a…

Trencarrow Secret by Anita Davison

For readers who like a twist in the tale which takes them by surprise, I recommend Trencarrow Secret by Anita Davison. 

I had the privilege of reading this novel by an accomplished author prior to publication and thoroughly enjoyed it

You can find out more about Anita and her novels at Anita’s beautifully designedblog:…

As usual, when I woke at 6.am, I went downstairs to make a mug of green tea sweetened with organic honey, and flavoured with a wedge of unwaxed, organic lemon.  While the kettle boiled I turned on the tap to water part of the vegetable plot.  I then wasted a lot of time trying to adjust the spray. 

By 6.20 I was checking my e-mails and replying to some of them.  Recently, junk mail has been appearing.  How do I get rid of it? I changed my password for one e-mail address but…

It was a pleasure to attend the London Chapter Meeting of the Romantic Novelist’s Association on the 21^st May, 2011, at which our guest speaker was Helen Hollick, whose novels I enjoy.

For thirteen years Helen worked as a library assistant at Chingford library.  During those years her interest in and passion for King Arthur and the Dark Ages grew.  As a result she wrote the first of her trilogy, Pendragon’s Banner, which Heinemann accepted three days before her…