Stephanie Butland

Blogging. Telling stories. Thriving.

Cancer, food and wellbeing

I am crocheting a border on a bedspread at the moment, which means a lot of listening to the radio. I’m not usually a fan of Radio 4’s ‘The Food Programme’ – I’ve never figured out why, but I don’t watch cookery programmes (apart from GBBO, obvs) either. I think it’s something to do with [...]

Frocked

Alan and I went to a Do on Thursday. The dress code was black tie, which we love. I was especially excited because this was my chance to wear my jli Kurdi, the dress I had made when I was last in Kurdistan. (You may remember me choosing the fabric, here.)
Here I am with my [...]

In which reality turns up

More than a year from signing my fiction publishing contract, and with only just less than a year to go to publication to the first novel, and the second one submitted, is a strange place. There are times when I think I might have dreamed the whole thing. There are times when I feel as [...]