Author: Grace

Like millions of others around the world I am very saddened by the death of Michael Jackson. He was such a complex genius. I wish him harmony, and much more. I adore the sweet...

Hi Folks, I recently asked Elaine O’Connor, manager of Eason’s in O’Connell Street, Limerick, to suggest some great summer reads. Here are the titles she suggests: The Hour I First Believed- Wally Lamb American...

Hi Folks, If you want to read review extracts about my novels they are at the top of this homepage…click on the book titles. I didn’t bribe the reviewers with chocolate. Honest! Sample first...

I’ve been reading ‘The Seeker’s Guide’ by Elizabeth Lesser and it’s great! She is very honest and refreshing. And she most insightful re. the very human side of spirituality. Somehow it reminds me of...

Hi there! It’s Saint Valentine’s Day and that means many different things to different people. For some there will be cards and flowers and romantic meals. A gorgeous sense of celebration. For others it...

What a beautiful inauguration ceremony. What eloquence and grit. This man means so much to so many people around the world. Here in Ireland I watched him becoming President. And I too shed some...

Hi, I have just signed up to receive a weekly email from Gwyneth Paltrow and you can too you if you long onto www.goop.com. Her website looks interesting and varied. And, to tell the...

Hi! I’ve just done a wee bit of surfing and found a super dooper review of ‘Ready Or Not?’ on Amazon.co.uk. Thank you for writing it R. Griffiths! I’m so pleased that you enjoyed...

Hi! There’s a lot to be said for keeping things simple at Christmas. For not buying into the ads that infer one should get a new conservatory, sitting room suite and ironing board etc....

I really miss having a pet. I once shared the house with an adorable cat called Puddy. He was big and black and white and had once been ‘feral’. He adapted to domesticity very...

Howdy, I sometimes give writing workshops and I’ve met many lovely people at these gatherings. It is a joy to hear them read out their stories. There is a great deal of writing talent...

Howdy, I borrowed Walden by Henry Thoreau from a library recently. It is a profound and wonderful book. My father gave me a copy of it years ago. I remember bringing it with me...

Hi there! I am middle-aged and I’ve written an article about the menopause for The Irish Times. It should be in the paper tomorrow. October 18 is World Menopause Day. They haven’t put bunting...