Blog of Susannah Quinsee about life, work, parenthood and play
I treated myself to Margaret Atwood’s new book of poetry recently, Dearly which arrived this morning. Yay. I have to admit that I had forgotten I had ordered this as due to lockdown 3 its taken forever to arrive. What Continue reading “This Fjord Looks Like a Lake”, Margaret Atwood
I’ve decided to group these two weeks together because frankly not much happened for two weeks whilst we were off and in tier 4. Ok that is a slight exaggeration and rather downbeat, let me rephrase as a list, this Continue reading Weekly round-up: 28th December/4th Jan
Oh dear, I am 3 weeks behind but have decided just to post these for completeness! And to try harder in 2021. So finally self isolation hit us this week. On Friday eldest daughter was sent home from secondary school Continue reading Weekly round-up: 14th December
We’re out of Lockdown – hurrah! It doesn’t feel significantly different although we did plan a meet-up in a friend’s garden and then it was SO cold and damp that we decided to wait. Yes, I know it is much Continue reading Weekly round-up: 7th December
A bit late this one due to various things, work mainly. Its been one of those deceptive weeks where you think that you have time then discover that some things take a lot longer than you had anticipated. Such is Continue reading Weekly round-up: 30th November
The end of Lockdown: The Return is nearly over! I was caught unawares as I had thought it rumbled on for a few more days. Not sure how much of a difference it makes personally as we’ve gone back to Continue reading Silver, Walter de la Mare
Was wondering how to end my week of women’s poetry and Queen Elizabeth I seemed a pretty good finish. I have always had a fascination with Elizabeth I and that was partly why I was drawn to study Renaissance literature. Continue reading When I was Fair and Young, Queen Elizabeth I
I felt rather uninspired today, I have to be honest. Feel like I have rediscovered a lot of poems and writers I had forgotten about but now where to go? So I have left this for a while and then Continue reading The Orange, Wendy Cope
Given that my theme this week has been women poets and it is also Thanksgiving weekend, it seems appropriate to include Emily Dickinson here today. She is another poet I feel like I should know more about. I can see Continue reading “Hope” is the thing with feathers – (314), Emily Dickinson
Seems like its a week of women poets this week 🙂 I discovered Dorothy Wordsworth when teaching English Literature at the University of Liverpool, when I taught on a module on women and spirituality. I have always been interested in Continue reading Address to a Child on a Boisterous Winter Evening, Dorothy Wordsworth