LIZZY SHANNON

At least my heart was! Just returned from a wonderful vacation, which included a visit to Cartegena in Colombia. I'll share the stories...

Along the theme of true crime again … I recently remembered something that happened a few years ago. At the time I didn’t realize how...

I’ve been listening to a lot of true crime podcasts when driving, and one of them prompted this memory. Just after I moved to Oregon, my...

I shared this story with a couple of friends last weekend. They were in stitches over it, so I thought perhaps you’d enjoy reading it...

I wrote the following on a writing retreat at the coast in 2021, not long after I'd returned from Northern Ireland. It's so painful and...

I was beginning to fear I’d never write in my blog again! When things get a bit rough in my life, I clam up and find I can’t share. A...

My most recent blog was about my experience as a film extra in Northern Ireland. I keep waiting for the film to be released before I...

A movie is coming out sometime next year, which was filmed in Northern Ireland during my time there. Due to privacy until its release, I...

Hoping to inspire myself back into regular blogging, I answered this question on Quora: Has someone ever uninvited you to their wedding? ...

Here is one of those Dad stories I promised. This happened during the summer of 2005, just after he had knee replacement surgery and I...

When you’ve been absent from blogging for as long as I have, it’s really difficult to know where to begin again! I had every intention of...

I'm watching the Freddie Mercury story on Netflix, and keep thinking back to 1986 when I had the honour of appearing in the music video...

A friend owned a cabin in a little town at the foot of Mount Hood in Oregon. I was just starting out as a writer, and she very kindly let...

This question recently came up on Quora, which I answered. To my amazement it's had over 40,000 views in 20 hours, so I thought I'd add...

The other day I got to display what a rational, composed human being I have become. (Ahem!) I was driving Dad and the dog over to...

Dad and I got back from our walk with the dog to find a baby bird lying helpless on the ground beside the garage. The wings hadn’t formed...

The eccentric father I mentioned in my last post is as incorrigible as ever. I just got back from walking the dog with him, and he was in...

Okay, I’ve faffed around enough. Been in Northern Ireland for six months now and haven’t written very much at all. I have, however,...

On Friday I made my first exploratory expedition in the literary world here in Northern Ireland, by attending David Park's book launch of...

I recently had a good whine on Facebook about three 'endings' that have just happened in my life. The last of a group of friends in my...