Grace Wynne-Jones

Savouring simple pleasures adds a sparkle to ho hum days when one longs to be under an olive tree eating figs. Of course it would be great if life felt glorious every day and one bolted out of bed deluged with enthusiasm. But the human condition is a somewhat mixed experience. One rarely, [...]

‘She has an assured style and a wonderful insight into the separated lady’s lot…I couldn’t put it down. I literally read it from cover to cover.’ Muriel Bolger, ‘No Jacket Required’ RTE RADIO ONE
Re. ‘Ordinary Miracles’.

On a crowded bus some time ago I sat beside a smartly-dressed middle-aged woman who was eating a big bag [...]

As adults it is easy to become too dutiful. Deep down in many of us is a yearning to run off with the circus…or something equally flamboyant. We want to throw off our shackles. We look into a irridescent aquariaum in a swanky corporate reception area, and suddenly long to snorkel in the Great Barrier [...]

Christmas was a busy time for my Dad . He was a Church of Ireland clergyman and, to use a showbiz term, he knew he would have packed houses on Jesus’s birthday. He gave three services in three different churches in County Limerick every Sunday, but Easter and Christmas were the big crowd days. He [...]

I was an extra on The Tudors last Friday. Got up very early and cycled to Ardmore Studios. I started pedaling along at about 5.45 a.m. It is not far from my wee house. Then travelled to a nearby location by minibus. Had the role of ‘peasant’ in crowd scene. Was given pretty skirt [...]

Hi Folks,
Most of the clothes I am currently wearing were bought at charity shops…I have naturally enough bought my own underwear and the somewhat clumpy sandals are comfy and can be worn with thick striped socks. I have bought things in charity shops I wouldn’t have bought elsewhere…for example an unusually patterned pair of runners….they [...]

Us writers need encouragement. We also need to learn how to encourage ourselves. For example when I began to send off various short stories I was very disappointed when I got rejections. Then I began to view them differently. A note with a ‘thank you’ on it was, I decided, evidence of some kind of [...]

My name is Honey Morenzo and I’ve been asked to occasionally contribute to this website. You’ll need to read my previous blog (July 14th) to understand some stuff in this one.
10th August 2009
Can’t spend long typing this ‘cos am at my desk and Roderick is in a foul mood about sales figures. Am feeling extremely [...]

14th July 2009
My name is Honey Morenzo and I’ve been asked to occasionally contribute to this website. I’m not getting paid for my contributions but I hope that it will give me some practice in writing stuff.
There are two teddies on my desk….actually it’s not a ‘desk’ as such…it’s a large table…and both of [...]

Yesterday I went to Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin with a friend. It’s by the sea and we walked to a part of the pier where seals often gather but they weren’t there…they probably prefer to hang around when the small fish shop in that particular location is open. Maybe they get leftovers or something. Savvy [...]