by Eugenie Verney | May 11, 2024 | Making Waves Blog
You may have noticed — or you may not — that I vanished shortly after reappearing towards the end of last year. Blogger’s block, nothing more interesting than that: a strong conviction that I really didn’t have much to say, so best say nothing at all. That plus day...
by Eugenie Verney | Dec 31, 2023 | Making Waves Blog
Outside the rain was — just for a refreshing change — lashing against the windows of the Dundee restaurant. Inside, one of my dinner companions was reminding the rest of us why he now lives not in Scotland but in Florida. In Florida, he wakes up pretty much every...
by Eugenie Verney | Nov 24, 2023 | Making Waves Blog
I’d never paid any attention to the sign pointing to Loch of Liff. In fact, I suspect I hadn’t even noticed it until the day Molly and I found the landscape had changed on our usual Backmuir Wood route. This was in the aftermath of Storm Babet, the one that swept...
by Eugenie Verney | Nov 14, 2023 | Making Waves Blog
There is this particular spot that always makes me smile, every time Molly and I explore a small (by Scottish standards) but gorgeous patch of mostly fairly ancient woodland a short drive from our front door. The particular spot is Millennium Corner, purchased by the...
by Eugenie Verney | Nov 7, 2023 | Making Waves Blog
I’m back, and I’m giving Making Waves a makeover by adding an extra dimension to my writing. Still telling stories, still asking (often awkward) questions, still sometimes finding the answers, but now spelling out what — as a result of the experience — I am grateful...
by Eugenie Verney | Feb 8, 2022 | Making Waves Blog
And here we go — Day 1 of Megan Macedo’s annual writing challenge which I am this year joining for the fifth time. As ever, a group of writers from across the world gets together to turn the prompts Megan gives us every day into something coherent enough to put...