Archive - Jessica’s Newsletter

Sept: the helicopter, 4 planes, taxis by the dozen; a writing retreat, a terrible phone call and a dash to Spain... Oh, please, Earth, I beg…

There is something above me, around me, something between me and the sky... the air is thick with a trillion dancing particles, heavy on my skin…

Oct 31 •

Jessica Edwards

August 2024

Out of this World, and into another... update due to error: 125'000 words not 45!

Three rejections (so far) for This Boy, a memoir... and James is looking after the Sweetpeas at Greenside Cottage...

Aug 31 •

Jessica Edwards

May 2024

April Diary: The sadness of leaving, the joy of arriving, the state of processing...

"Everything changes but only the changing stays the same..." Seed to Dust, Marc Hamer. The question is, have I got the strength for this very physical…

May 14 •

Jessica Edwards

March 2024

Today, I'll mostly be watching the birds and the little pots of gold in the grass... being sad isn't too hard to master

For half an hour a Magpie has been flying diagonally between two points, from the garage roof to the branches of an elder tree...

Mar 27 •

Jessica Edwards

"One day you finally knew what you had to do..." So, will you come with me, out here, into the wilderness? It's just minutes away...

From Lands End Airport, 15 mins in a plane, 5 in a taxi, 10 in a boat- and there it was - Paradise. Anna picked us up from the quay, we got in her van…

Mar 16 •

Jessica Edwards

February 2024

The Weather in My Heart... A job interview... Moving to Tresco... ??? The Biscuit Watcher, and a million other things on my mind...

Will the dog get bored living on a 1.5 square mile island? + If Chelsea Flower Show Did Graves, this one would win...

Feb 13 •

Jessica Edwards

January 2024

Creating Outer Space: The Cinema Was Calling Me again...

the Oompa Loompa gave me joy in my heart, and Happy Birthday to James!

Jan 26 •

Jessica Edwards

October 2023

Love Your Loss - Have a day off!

More oil pastels from James and my favourite Dahlia.

Oct 18, 2023 •

Jessica Edwards

September 2023

James Edwards, Life and Legacy, and an invitation to the House of Lords!

More Magical News: Oil Pastels by James + Fundraising for Brain Tumour Research, A plaque with his name on and updates from The Medicinal Cannabis…

Sep 7, 2023 •

Jessica Edwards

December 2022

Love your Loss - and the love of PUBS

Amazing Manor Mum's meet Drag Queens in The Regency Tavern + notes on being really LISTENED to...

Dec 1, 2022 •

Jessica Edwards

October 2022

Love your Loss or else

...lose your love (And news of a very exciting interview)

Oct 16, 2022

July 2022

Congratulations to James Edwards, my Son the Artist

House on the Hill has won a place in The Young Artist's Summer Show at THE ROYAL ACADEMY in London! (And half a hard lesson in planting spring bulbs)

Jul 16, 2022

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