Another iron in my fire!

I tried blogging a few years ago- unsuccessfully. I hope to remedy that failure and maintain this new blog now that I have greater (although not great) IT knowledge- and hopefully the time, now that my degree is finished.

As if all the interests listed in 'about me' are not sufficient to keep me occupied, I have today acquired my first set of golf clubs! They have cost a grand total of £5.50 off ebay plus the cost of petrol to pick them up from two counties away and the cost of the puncture we experienced on the way home. The lawn is now minus a few daisy heads after Peter, my other half, gave me a preliminary lesson.

I always swore to those who know me that I would never take up the game.
In fact, I quite enjoyed being a 'golf widow' as it allowed me uninterrupted hours to write, paint and commune with the flowers. So why have I changed my mind?

I believe it was because I fell in love with a furry gopher 'driver head' while waiting for Peter to examine drivers in the local golf shop. I wanted to buy him a new one for his birthday. He refused to let me buy Mr. Gopher as he rightly pointed out that I owned no clubs.

I have now remedied that omission!

Tomorrow we go to the driving range where I shall take possession of a bucket of balls. He has advised I take the number 7 iron to practise with. I tell myself that this is all fuel for the fire of knowledge and experience - who knows but that my next novel may involve a golf afficionado! - My own version of Murder on the Links.

Along with the new sport of golf, which I hope will not undo all the good work three years of yoga has done for my body, I am also considering starting an astrology course. I have not yet committed to this but I'm pretty sure that I will do the beginners module as I have a feeling that it will be an integral part of my second novel. I already have a lot of knowledge about esoteric astrology but have never drawn up a chart etc.

The second novel is actually part two of a trilogy and is directed towards children and young adults. I'm also half way through an adult saga based in Italy - a land I adore and secretly aspire to living in. The picture at the head of my blog is of Lake Maggiore. We haven't visited it for two years as we have the 'builders from hell' hammering and creating mayhem next door and, as they seem to disregard the convention of planning regulations, we have had to keep a wary eye on them. They too may become the leading characters in a later novel - a horror story, no doubt.

Well, as most mums of school age children know, the summer holidays are upon us.
We are going to be loooking after two of our grandchildren for a couple of days while their mum and dad are working. They are 12 and 14 years old so don't take a lot of watching but they have expressed an interest in photography and art so Peter (who is a professional photographer) is going to take them out with their cameras and then I'm going to let them loose with canvas and oils to create paintings from their photographs.
Maybe I'll post their efforts, if they'll let me, on this blog - always assuming I master the uploading of images.

I hope to chat about more of my work, the writing, painting and esoteric stuff as I go along. I have promised myself to update this blog at least once a week. For those who already know me from the reikiplus site, I apologise for not maintaining that blog but the software was too complicated - hopefully blogspot stuff is much easier.

I have not been and will not be maintaining the reikiplus site any more, although it will be available to view as it contains so much information and therapist listings. I have moved on and now need to concentrate on the writing and art (which is as much a part of my spiritual mission as the healing side of my life).

My other web site at berylnoyce.com is still relevant and will be updated on a regular basis. I still sell my art and esoteric books from that site and will occasionally be found at shows and societies where I'm invited to speak on Crystal Skulls . Much of the knowledge I have acquired and need to share will be presented through my books and esoteric paintings. I'm also spending more time on fine art.

Well enough for now, if anyone has any tips on golf which will make it easier on my bones, I'd love to hear from them.
I shall keep you posted on my progress.

Stay tuned for updates on everything including my trail to publishing glory!