Bordering Grey

Writings on life on the Welsh borders 

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Pictures of my filth on the internet! My gran would be turning in her grave. This week's blog. Link in bio

Oh, My. God

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This month's blog is a catch-up of where I've been and where I'm not going next!

Hey Hay

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jenny knight

Jenny Knight is a prize-winning writer of short story, fiction and memoir, and was a contributor to Kit de Waal’s celebrated Common People anthology. Jenny has worked extensively as a copywriter, editor, and developmental editor, taught creative writing in prisons, worked with storytellers and actors for the UN and Comic Relief in Somalia and Kenya, chaired and spoken on panels, and held workshops…

jenny knight

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This week's blog on married life and shared interests.

This UnSporting Life.

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This weeks blog where I once again fail to stick to the plan...but the sky is falling in and I have to tell the king!

I Did it Again

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This week's blog. Heading down to Cardiff for a Book reading @Bookspacecardiff and I've not a thing to wear.

Nothing to Wear (again)

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CHOPSY Giveaway

Do you know someone who needs a little CHOPSY in their life.  Giving away a signed copy of the book and a sparkly CHOPSY brooch, from the fabulous Wear and Resist, along with booksmarks and badges.  For a chance to win simply head over to my Instagram tag a friend who needs some CHOPSY, then like and share.   Give me a follow for more CHOPSY…

CHOPSY Giveaway

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Living it up, launching a book is all well and good until the M.E fairy reminds you it's called a chronic illness for a reason!

The High Cost of Living it Up.

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In Sisterhood

I was hoping to have written a couple of blog posts this week; sharing my joy and being able to talk to people about my book, sharing the strength and solidarity that is International Women’s Day.  Unfortunately, I have been in bed since Tuesday with Bronchitis and I’m still there, though able to breathe a little bit easier. (chocking coughing while you wet your pants is not a vibe I would…

In Sisterhood

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Happy Reading

It’s been a funny week. All the excitement of a book out in the world, and a fair amount of stress. Yesterday I was brilliantly delivering a writing workshop with some magnificent women, signing books and being fabulous. Today I’ve barely made it off the sofa, my throat so exhausted I can barely speak. I can’t even muster a witty retort to the Mister’s lamentations and prayers that the mighty…

Happy Reading

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This week's blog is all about boundaries, farming your family for content, and how I'm just pushing on through.

It's Good to Share.

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Really Living With M.E

The M.E fairy is not happy. If you’ve never met her, she is small and green and thinks she is the boss of me. In reality she is the boss of me, but we don’t need to tell her that. She likes lying down. That’s pretty much it. She likes lying down which means that I have to lie down too. There is a lot that she doesn’t like. She doesn’t like; (in no particular order) Noise of any…

Really Living With M.E

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Shut Up!

It’s been a mad few weeks here, getting ready for the book to come out. (Don’t pull that confused face, I know I told you I wrote a book!) The books arrived from the publishers! I made an arse of myself on Instagram, getting all giddy about my flaps! (Seriously, get your mind out of the gutter.) How pretty are these? Somethings have been difficult and sad, others have been so utterly bat-shit…

Shut Up!

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This week's post where I try to work out my feelings about publishing a memoir

Googling My Feelings

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I was going to write a blog post.

I was going to write a blog post. It was going to be full of the normal New Year roundups – how many books I read last year. How many I didn’t buy; Hooray! for the library. How many I actually bought anyway. It would have been fascinating, incisive, obviously witty, full of smart things to say about the brilliant books that I may or may not have read. So, I was going to write a blog post. But…

I was going to write a blog post.

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I am...

I am annoyed. We could change the name of the blog to I AM ANNOYED, as I’m pretty much always annoyed, but that would be really annoying, as ANNOYED is one of the words I struggle to spell. Mind, so is the word RESISTANCE, and I put that in my book title. So, I’m annoyed. Actually, that’s not entirely true; it’s more that everything is really annoying. There’s the usual fuck-wits parking on…

I am...

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A blog post from my archives as I settle in with the scent of baking 'Phone on loudspeaker, in the olden days it was tucked under my chin, now with more chins, it’s more likely to be a video call, I call the kids in turn. ‘Make a wish,’ I sing down the line, sometimes waking them, sometimes catching them at work. ‘Make a wish,’ I shout at voicemail as I stir the cake mix for each in turn. They thought me magical as kids, mad as teens, making them wish on cake mix. ‘But it can’t be Christmas without wishes,’ I’d whisper, hugging them in reply.'

A Christmas Cake Wish Revisited