Marlene Hauser Blogs Sign up for my monthly blog Search for: The Perfect Destination April 6, 2021Now that we have reached Stage One in the gradual relaxation of Lockdown Rules in England, I have allowed my extended daydreaming to run ...Read MoreRoll Up your Sleeve, Roll up, Roll up March 3, 2021Hi Everyone, The vaccine. To take it or not? This is the question that has spun through the minds of some people I know from the minute ...Read MorePacking the Past February 11, 2021Hi Everyone, My beautiful house, Summertown Villa, is now sold, and I am moving. As everyone who has moved knows—and who hasn’t? —this ...Read MoreA Numbers Game? January 7, 2021Hi Everyone, Yes. Happy New Year! 2021. No point saying that the trajectory assumed in 2020 (the Roaring ’20s) never saw the light of day, ...Read MoreEye to Eye December 3, 2020So the pandemic rages on, despite multiple vaccines just around the corner. Many of us are not bothered by wearing masks, washing hands or ...Read MoreMine, Part One, Chapter One (continued) October 31, 2020It’s not my intention to serialize Mine, but perhaps just a wee bit more... because a few of you have asked. PART ONE Chapter One ...Read MoreMine, Part One, Chapter One October 2, 2020Because some of you have asked for it, here it is: the opening to Mine. PART ONE Chapter One Sophie Taylor loved the North, the Far, ...Read MoreThe Big Goodbye September 4, 2020It seems such a quiet September. There’s no rush—for work, for school, for supplies, for uniforms—at least for now. (Albeit, there is ...Read More123456