My annual February letter-writing challenge starts today! Indeed, I have already sent my first letter to a nephew in America. That means I only have…
Once again, it is time to throw out my annual letter-writing challenge! I am sharing the challenge a week early this year, as I am…
I dug out my Christmas decorations yesterday in anticipation of decorating the cottage in a couple of weeks. And when I dug them out, I…
At the end of 2018, I had a last-minute idea to use an A5 notebook as a weekly to-do book. The notebook was just a…
February is letter-writing month, which means I will be writing a letter a day for the whole of February. Regular readers will know that I am…
It’s that time of year again, so dust off your quills, fill up your ink wells, and grab your parchment – or at the very least, find…
As part of February’s letter-writing challenge, I’ve decided that I need to think a little more about who I write to. Obviously, I can write to…
There’s a fabulous challenge taking place this month to write a letter for each day of postal service. (That’s 23 letters in America, as Sundays and Presidents’…
I like to start the New Year with a fresh, clean start (as much as possible), which means doing a bit of de-cluttering and organising.…
As regular readers may know, I am a fan of letters. Proper, hand-written letters sent to family and friends – or even to perfect strangers if there’s a cause. I honestly…
Today is Day 3 of Social Media Week, so I thought I’d talk about correspondence. You see, for all of the wonderfulness of social media,…
One of the best joys in my life is personal mail. Letters, cards, postcards, parcels. I just love getting something in the post that doesn’t…
I write. In fact, I think it would be fair to say that I’m a writer. And as any good writer does, I carry a…
Yippee! After a too-long, two-month winter break I have finally started back to school. The new semester began on Monday with classes starting yesterday, but since…
When I moved to Scotland in August, I sent a couple of large boxes by sea – hoping they’d arrive before Thanksgiving. They didn’t. But they did…
I promised myself that I would go through junk every week so that by the time I’m ready to start packing, I’ve rid myself of…
I’m in clutter-clearing mode and today’s task is my stationery drawer. The drawer is well past its clear-out date, especially since it’s been difficult to…
I don’t know how it happens, but I will go weeks and weeks with my desk being nice and clean then all of a sudden…
Blogs are great for the ego. Here on Just Frances, I rule the content; it’s all about me and I can say anything I want.…
Anyone who has known me long knows that I am one of those geeky, overly-organised, slightly obsessive-compulsive, and highly meticulous people. Oh, and I have…