Nomadic Emma

I always find it nice on that odd occasion when Mother Nature says "take that world! You may think you rule, but let me show you who is...

Yesterday, for a dull reason I wont go into, I made my way to work by train, rather than the usual red double-decker 155. There really is so...

It's been a B- week so far. One of those weeks you can't quite put your finger on why it feels average; it just does. A week that is...

Every morning I make my way across Blackfriars bridge, towards my place of work. Apart from spending my bridge time concentrating on not get...

1. My morning Jedi powers in getting the lights to turn red as the bus pulled up to the stop, and my charm to encourage the grumpy bus drive...

It seems nature is starting to come back to life, despite the continued chill. A magnolia tree (my favourite of all the flowering trees) ac...

March is traditionally the time when you start to have those exciting moments of: 'am I now putting my scarf away for good?', 'i...

Where I can, I try to take the bus. It is altogether a more pleasant ride. But there are always those occasions when going underground is un...

Last night I was lucky enough to have ninety minutes with my most favourite novellist. Not that he calls himself a novellist. He believes he...

We've had a visitor in our kitchen of late. A lovely amaryllis has been bringing the spring that has yet to arrive outside, inside for u...