Marlene Hauser
Blogs
These blogs are a chance to share with you more personally how I feel about things going on in my life and/or in the world at large. Sometimes they are directly related to my books, but most often they are not.
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Hi Everyone, Sometimes I’m at a loss as to what to blog about, but this month there is no doubt whatsoever. First and foremost in my heart is the Oxford Literary Festival, now in its 25th year...
One evening, while working on extra-credit for World History, trying to please M, who I thought might end her eternal litany of put-downs...
We all know, as this is February, that the heart symbol reigns supreme. Yes, Valentine’s Day is as always, and as everybody knows...
Hi Everyone, Okay, hands up, who knows the foggiest place in the world? If you guessed the steadily crashing, spraying waves at Grand Banks, Newfoundland, you’d be correct! If you guessed San...
Hi Everyone, I’m not sure why this month’s blog started out as a bit of a tug o’ war, but it has! Whether to write about hot water bottles (hot water bottles? Who wants to hear...
Radiators humming, dark mornings, fires at night, and the very odd and unexpected—yes, believe it or not—tornado in England, that’s my November...
Hi Everyone, An attitude of gratitude. I can’t recall where I first heard that phrase, but I do recall thinking that it was a pithy little saying that got me through loads of challenging times at odd...
Hi Everyone, Media addiction. Okay. So I said it aloud—or at least typed it. Media addiction. Call the devil by its name? Media. Addiction. What is it exactly? Well, to be frank, I’m...
Hi Everyone, So finally here in the UK, Post-Pandemic (sort of), we are able to travel. If I hadn’t been invited to Ibiza by a friend, I probably would not have gone. Who can interpret all the...