rambling – Jane Lomas

28th August 2025 There’s a change in the air. Hot days and humid nights have been brushed away by cool breezes and rain as fine as gossamer. My favourite time of the year is so near I can taste it on my sea-salted skin and feel it in my wind-whipped hair. Blackberries and horse chestnutsContinue reading

11th November, 2023 Yesterday I took a little trip to Grantchester to follow in the footsteps of Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf, Rupert Brooke……. It’s a charming village but Molly and I spent much of our time walking through Grantchester Meadows to Skaters’ Meadow in Cambridge. It’s now a wildlife reserve but from 1920 to 1940Continue reading

10th December, 2022 The last few weeks have been filled with lovely writerly things. I’ve been working with a mentor for an anthology that Lincoln University is putting together. It’s fairly lengthy and is inspired by a piece of old family history. It’s been a joy to research and write. It’s with the editing teamContinue reading

Poor old girl’s lost her spark

Poor old Jesamine’s lost her spark. You’d think it would gradually fade away, perhaps with a gentle putter, like a candle’s wick burning to the end. Or she’d be slow to start, as if she needed to warm up her aching bones. It all sounds quite romantic. With just a little rest and the rightContinue reading “Poor old girl’s lost her spark”