CAROLINE DEACON
Writer, reader, creative writing tutor
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Interesting #clouds over #montblanc this morning
Very excited about this #sundayreading as I was critiquing this from inception and it’s always been a brilliant idea. So far it’s living up to all expectations #sundayreads #amreading #childrensbooksmatter
#throwbackthursday to this day 2014 and a blue chicken on the #fourthplinth in #trafalgarsquare #trafalgarsquarelondon #travelphotography
#throwbackthursday to this time 2016 visiting Dorset and the village of #tyneham which was requisitioned by Ministry of Defence in 1943 but never given back to the villagers. Now it's an interesting but very sad time capsule. #tynehamvillage #tynehamabandonedvillage #travelphotography #travel #travelogram
Very excited to be starting this #sundayreading - love Jane Harper and this has just been published. Only a few pages in but already she has me hooked #sundayread #sundayreads #bookstagram #booksworthreading #amreading #amreadingcrime
#throwbackthursday this time last year in the beautiful #northyorkmoors when I took walking for granted! We loved it so much we're going back this April and am hoping my leg will be fully repaired and ready to go again by then. #northyorkshire #travel #travelphotography
This #sundayreading …appropriately? called Saturday. It’s one day stream of consciousness - free indirect style third person close up. I usually like Ian McEwan and this novel does have his usual engaging style but there were pages where I ended skim reading - too much detail on brain operations and squash games and cooking fish stock(!!) though the latter I might conceivably use. #sundayreads #amreading
View down Comborciere #arc2000 #lesarcs #amskiing
Latest From My Blog
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