Oh, I've been so busy promoting my new book, I forgot what we called it! I've been telling you it was Ahoy There Hammy the Wonder Hamster, and it isn't, it's called HAPPY HOLIDAY, HAMMY THE WONDER HAMSTER! I made that mistake because it was going to be Ahoy There, but that's what you say when you're on a boat and I don't do boats, and besides, Happy Holidays is better, so it's Happy Holiday Hammy the Wonder Hamster, and it's so exciting, and there was that man in the boat and I'm not sure where the boat went, and...
Calm down, Hamilton. I do apologise for the confusion. It's Happy Holiday, Hammy the Wonder Hamster. When you have a hamster on a wheel going round in your head all day, you do get confused. He's looking forward to his new book being in the shops.
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Monday, 3 May 2010
Vote Hamster!
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON MAY 6TH?
Apart from a general election, that is. If you're eligible to vote, vote. If not, have a think about what's worth voting for. If you're too young to vote, make sure the adults around you (1)get off their bottoms and down to the polling station and (2) ORDER OR BUY 'AHOY THERE HAMMY THE WONDER HAMSTER' in which our hamster hero (with Bethany) goes to the seaside to stay with Bethany's grandparents. An exciting story of fur, flags, castles, gallant rescues and people getting wet. Don't you just love a hamster with attitude? Come to think of it,
He's clever, he's cute, he's loyal, he's brave, and he's great in a crisis. Brown, Cameron and Clegg, stand aside! HAMMY FOR DOWNING STREET!
Apart from a general election, that is. If you're eligible to vote, vote. If not, have a think about what's worth voting for. If you're too young to vote, make sure the adults around you (1)get off their bottoms and down to the polling station and (2) ORDER OR BUY 'AHOY THERE HAMMY THE WONDER HAMSTER' in which our hamster hero (with Bethany) goes to the seaside to stay with Bethany's grandparents. An exciting story of fur, flags, castles, gallant rescues and people getting wet. Don't you just love a hamster with attitude? Come to think of it,
He's clever, he's cute, he's loyal, he's brave, and he's great in a crisis. Brown, Cameron and Clegg, stand aside! HAMMY FOR DOWNING STREET!
Friday, 30 April 2010
oh, and that hamster
My name is Hamilton, my new book Ahoy There Hammy the Wonder Hamster is published in May it's by Poppy Harris who is really Margi, it's all about when I went on the beach please read all my stories I have such a exciting life oh whoops I think I'm about to fall off the compu...........
He's all right, just a bit over-excited. Too many sunflower seeds. Bethany is taking good care of him.
I had a working break this week, which meant two days at st deiniol's research library. Lots of reading and writing got done, and there was still time for long walks in the woods - huge trees with grainy, twisty roots, fallen tree giants, a ruined castle, hanging white blossom, butterflies, violets, anemones, finches, and such happy dogs! I met a little spaniel so like the late lamented Daniel that she made my heart turn over. She even put her paws up to me.
There have been lots of contacts from Mistmantle readers lately, many of them asking why I write about animals. It's hard to say exactly, but somehow it's so much more liberating than writing about people.
He's all right, just a bit over-excited. Too many sunflower seeds. Bethany is taking good care of him.
I had a working break this week, which meant two days at st deiniol's research library. Lots of reading and writing got done, and there was still time for long walks in the woods - huge trees with grainy, twisty roots, fallen tree giants, a ruined castle, hanging white blossom, butterflies, violets, anemones, finches, and such happy dogs! I met a little spaniel so like the late lamented Daniel that she made my heart turn over. She even put her paws up to me.
There have been lots of contacts from Mistmantle readers lately, many of them asking why I write about animals. It's hard to say exactly, but somehow it's so much more liberating than writing about people.
Saturday, 24 April 2010
tiggywinkles
The principles of Tiggywinkles at Haddenham are very simple.
If an injured or sick wild animal is brought to them, they will do their utmost best to bring it back to full health without giving it the idea that it belongs with humans, so that it can go back to the wild.
If it's not well enough to survive in the wild but can enjoy a good quality of life, it stays at Tiggywinkles in a natural environment with whatever care it needs.
If it's beyond hope of a decent future, they will euthanase. Remarkably, this is something they hardly ever have to do.
It's expensive to run, and depends on donations. The staff and volunteers are constantly working with animals who don't understand that they're being helped, and will scratch, bite, kick, and, of course, prickle. If you've ever looked after an animal, you know that there is a lot of cleaning of poo, bedding, and other things that you'd rather approach with rubber gloves and a nose peg. At Tiggywinkles they do all that because as far as they are concerned, the life of a hedgehog/deer/fox/badger/otter/blackbird/ is worth it.
If an injured or sick wild animal is brought to them, they will do their utmost best to bring it back to full health without giving it the idea that it belongs with humans, so that it can go back to the wild.
If it's not well enough to survive in the wild but can enjoy a good quality of life, it stays at Tiggywinkles in a natural environment with whatever care it needs.
If it's beyond hope of a decent future, they will euthanase. Remarkably, this is something they hardly ever have to do.
It's expensive to run, and depends on donations. The staff and volunteers are constantly working with animals who don't understand that they're being helped, and will scratch, bite, kick, and, of course, prickle. If you've ever looked after an animal, you know that there is a lot of cleaning of poo, bedding, and other things that you'd rather approach with rubber gloves and a nose peg. At Tiggywinkles they do all that because as far as they are concerned, the life of a hedgehog/deer/fox/badger/otter/blackbird/ is worth it.
Monday, 19 April 2010
thank you!
Thank you for your patience. I'm still not up to full strength, but considerably better than I was.
We had a few days away last week - already booked before I keeled over, so we went anyway, firstly to Cardiff to see daughter. She was in full singing, fluting and choir-directing mode, and we basked quietly in reflected glory. And in sunshine - we had lots of that. We also got together with the god-family. You can keep your hi-tech games, nothing beats an old-fashioned painted horses carousel, especially when you've got a three year old sitting in front of you and it's her first time on a roundabout.
Next stop was St Tiggywinkles. I'll tell you about Tiggywinkles later, but not now, because I want you to look at their site, and because St Tiggywinkles is a life-changing place that needs a post to itself. (With an owl sitting on it.) Google St Tiggywinkles. Now!
We had a few days away last week - already booked before I keeled over, so we went anyway, firstly to Cardiff to see daughter. She was in full singing, fluting and choir-directing mode, and we basked quietly in reflected glory. And in sunshine - we had lots of that. We also got together with the god-family. You can keep your hi-tech games, nothing beats an old-fashioned painted horses carousel, especially when you've got a three year old sitting in front of you and it's her first time on a roundabout.
Next stop was St Tiggywinkles. I'll tell you about Tiggywinkles later, but not now, because I want you to look at their site, and because St Tiggywinkles is a life-changing place that needs a post to itself. (With an owl sitting on it.) Google St Tiggywinkles. Now!
Saturday, 10 April 2010
attention
Two little announcements today -
for all those who want to know what sort of book I'm going to do next - I can't possibly say a thing, because I never know what will work and what won't, and whether someone will actually publish it or not. So no new leads, I'm afraid.
And the other thing I should have said ages ago is that my three children are the best and most wonderful kids in the world and I love them to bits. (And their dad's a bit special, too.) I've not been too well lately, and they have been so supportive.
for all those who want to know what sort of book I'm going to do next - I can't possibly say a thing, because I never know what will work and what won't, and whether someone will actually publish it or not. So no new leads, I'm afraid.
And the other thing I should have said ages ago is that my three children are the best and most wonderful kids in the world and I love them to bits. (And their dad's a bit special, too.) I've not been too well lately, and they have been so supportive.
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
much the gnome
'er didn't mean to repeat herself, she said, she just didn't know which blog had blogged and which blog had got lost somewhere and of course she needed sonny to sort it out for 'er. Don't know what she did when he weren't living at home.
She got 'er garden fire going, took her half a tree full of matches, I nearly split me sides laughing and I'm made of stone, so it would 'ave been serious. Managed to do it without calling out the fire engines. Went around smelling like a well-smoked kipper after that.
And Newcastle United have been promoted. As a Yorkshire gnome I can take or leave 'em, but this house is black and white, blimey, no wonder we've got a magpie's nest in the 'olly tree. (What sort of stupid bird builds in a 'olly tree, eh?) Would have been better if Newcastle hadn't gone down a league in the first place, but I don't like to say that in this house. Come to think of it, I live in a house full of Geordies and they're not doing badly, so haway the lads.
She got 'er garden fire going, took her half a tree full of matches, I nearly split me sides laughing and I'm made of stone, so it would 'ave been serious. Managed to do it without calling out the fire engines. Went around smelling like a well-smoked kipper after that.
And Newcastle United have been promoted. As a Yorkshire gnome I can take or leave 'em, but this house is black and white, blimey, no wonder we've got a magpie's nest in the 'olly tree. (What sort of stupid bird builds in a 'olly tree, eh?) Would have been better if Newcastle hadn't gone down a league in the first place, but I don't like to say that in this house. Come to think of it, I live in a house full of Geordies and they're not doing badly, so haway the lads.
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