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What I’ve loved lately: April/May 2022

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022Leave a comment

While the world still seems to be nose diving into some sort of bottomless pit, life has continued to offer up joyful moments and experiences. Here are some of the things I’ve enjoyed the most over the past couple of months.

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What I’ve loved lately: March 2022

March 26, 2022May 2, 20222 Comments

Before more time escapes, or I get distracted by something else, here are a few of the things I’ve loved lately, from the first two-and-a-bit months of 2022.

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Looking back and moving forward

January 21, 20221 Comment

As we approach two years of pandemic life, I’m realising more and more that it’s unrealistic to expect my writing habits to have remained unchanged in this time. I’m not the person I was in January 2020. Neither are you.

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What I’ve been loving lately: September 2021

October 29, 2021Leave a comment

Here are some things I loved during September 2021 (yes, this post is a little late, but life is busy like that!)

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Poem | Quiet, please

October 4, 2021Leave a comment

Naturally, to mark Libraries Week 2021, I penned a poem, celebrating these special places. Happy reading!

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Jo Fisher Writes turns FIVE: five things I’ve learned about writing this year

September 27, 2021Leave a comment

To mark five years of blogging on this site, here are five things the last year has taught me about writing.

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An afternoon at Beats and Eats Southampton

September 20, 2021September 20, 20211 Comment

AD - Press ticket | I was invited along to Beats and Eats Southampton, run by The Village Popup, who work to bring events like this to us lot in the south of the UK. It promised a day of great food accompanied by great music – a winning combination!

Botanical lettering workshops with Amy Harwood at The Lunch Lounge, Southampton

September 17, 20211 Comment

AD - PR ticket | Being well aware of my reignited love of art, local illustrator Amy Harwood kindly invited me a long to one of her first 'in person' workshops since the pandemic began – a botanical lettering event hosted in Southampton city-centre eatery The Lunch Lounge.

A black and white photo of two seagulls perched on a post, with a seascape behind them. you can see the cranes in the port, and a boart.

A little life update

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021Leave a comment

Three months. I think this is the longest I’ve gone without posting on this here blog since I started it in 2017.

The bars are open, and I’m so hungover: the emotional fallout of post-lockdown socialising

April 26, 2021April 26, 20211 Comment

I’m talking about the kind you get after socialising with gusto. The hangover that leaves you emotionally and physically drained, without the need for one too many daiquiris the night before (though the two do often come in hand in hand).

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