Stephanie Butland

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Category: Life is Good

A grateful and glad heart

Yesterday, I got this through the post:

Today, I have the honour of speaking at a Race for Life event and, more importantly, taking part.
So I suppose it’s no surprise that I’m thinking about cancer – and the glorious absence of it from my slightly-the-worse-for-wear breasts – more than I would on your average Thursday.
The last [...]

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 [...]