My short story Room To Grow is in the current (May 4th) issue of The People’s Friend. It’s one of my rare historical pieces – or maybe I mean nostalgic, as it’s set in the 60s?

The main character, Anne, and I have a few things in common. We both grew up on a small farm and neither of us would be completely comfortable without the opportunity to somehow grow a few plants.

I’m fortunate in having a garden filled with flowers and as there’s just a tiny picture of a cake alongside my story in the magazine, I’m illustrating this post with some garden photos I took yesterday.