I am back from snowy Scotland and a wonderful two-week residency at Cove Park. It is so rare to have two uninterrupted weeks to write and think and stare; I am very grateful to my university, Canterbury Christ Church, for supporting my research. In that time, I was able to finish a book proposal and submit it, add 40K to a non-fiction project and 10K to a nearly finished novel. While I was there, we moved from autumn to winter. The pond froze outside the window in my little shipping container home, and snow fell in fat and lacy flakes. I raced home, just ahead of Storm Bert via one taxi and three trains.

If you would like to go to Cove Park too, here’s a link to learn more. Cove Park. For pictures of snow and the frozen pond through my window, come find me on BlueSky: @peggyriley.bsky.social