Annika Perry's Blog

Last week I was blessed to read so much about gratitude and thankfulness, to listen to music celebrating thanks, to see art featuring colourful pieces for the season. As my American friends celebrated their Thanksgiving, there is equal gratitude for so much in my life. As a writer this takes the form of joy and gratitude …

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I must have been my mother’s despair! Herself a fashion guru, ahead of even the latest styles and modes, going to work in shocking striped hot pants, heading out to the dance floor with the wide-flared black and white skirts – she was, and still is, the epitome of style and elegance. A gifted seamstress …

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The EmbraceYesterday I hugged a mother and childThe arms unyieldingThe bodies cold and unrelentingYet such warmth in expressionA soulful tenderness in their closeness A unique embrace, where the usual Do not touchReplaced with Please hug meArt is for allArt is not remoteTo be viewed at a distance Art is lifeArt is all our lives.@Annika Perry, …

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AN ENCHANTED WEDDING (in the Scottish Highlands)A Lone Bagpiper calls usIts unique tones drifting across the lochClambering up the majestic mountain Skittering over the manicured lawn.Gently herded by the musicthe wedding guests gulp downremnants of welcoming champagne,late-comers gaze longingly at the table of filled flutes.A winding path leads usdown to the lochonto the lawn.Nail thin …

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In the midst of attending a magical family wedding in the highlands of Scotland I was overjoyed to see this beautiful review of my book ‘The Storyteller Speaks’. Even while recovering from Covid Thomas Wikman’s diligent dedication to reading and reviewing never faltered and he read my book during this time! With warmest thank to …

Continue reading Heartwarming Review of ‘The Storyteller Speaks’

Huffing and puffing the monster roars towards him, the dragon festooned in belching smoke clouds. The sunny day is soon obscured with the sooty darkness. On the railway bridge the five-year-old boy ducks up and down, jumping with sheer excitement and terror. He holds fast to the iron-wrought railings seeking safety from the exposed platform …

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Maybe I should start this book review by clarifying that I’ve never owned a dog! I do like them and enjoy their presence when visiting family and friends. So why did I pick up this book about Bronco, a Leonberger, which is one of the world’s biggest dogs? What I do love is stories and …

Continue reading The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle: A Book Review

It started with an email. As a subscriber to the local garden centre’s newsletter they kindly offered me a tray of wildflowers. A sucker for anything floral and even better if free I was eager to acquire some. There was only one problem —  I was in Sweden and the offer expired before my return. …

Continue reading The Power of Nurture

I’m not one for following rules! Even more so when reading instruction manuals, the very sight of them causes the same reaction in me as physics classes at school – my cognitive skills freeze! However, I could not fail to be inspired by a creative writing prompt in my beautiful mslexia Diary & Planner. This …

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THE FAREWELL TREEDappled sunlighta soft pathFragments of light and shadeplayed catch beneath the lively birch leaves.A hush hung delicately in the air.So many goodbyes.To fathers and sons left to fightTo a countryTo one’s language.For Alina, this was the toughest goodbye.Yet not so at all.They didn’t understand. She wasn’t being difficult, as her aunt claimed. She …

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