Writer, artist, stitcher. I write because I can't not write. Major influences: Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Nick Hornby, Joanne Harris, Josephine Cox, Wilfred Owen, Pabloe Neruda, Rumi, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dylan Thomas, Gwyn Thomas, Richard Llewellyn,Christina Rossetti. Musically, Manic Street Preachers, Chopin, Beethoven, Depeche Mode, Martina McBride. Artistically, Lord Leighton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti,Manet, Morisot, Alison Jay, Alma-Tadema, Tissot. In life, love, family, friends, faith,animals/nature, passion, romance,my kitty, art and music.

I write alot of ekphrastic poetry, so not everything is autobiographical :)

Whimsy
The website for the print magazine that we distribute locally. Written for children, by children and adults- reviews, poetry, stories, artwork, etc.