It has been a wild winter on the Isle of Harris, with one storm after the other – the perfect weather for curling up with a good book.
Now, we’re getting ready for the lambing season, which starts any day now. For our family, that means a bit less time indoors writing and reading, and hopefully some cute new companions. We usually have a theme for naming our lambs. Last year it was the planets (here is a picture of our pet lamb Jupiter). What theme do you think we should choose this year?
I have had a busy time with my author hat on too, and enjoyed a brilliant World Book Day. It started at Stornoway Playgroup. Next stop was Sgoil an Rubha in Point (Lewis) where I read the Highland Cowgirl and played a lasso game with the younger pupils, then introduced Rory and the Snack Dragons (and some paper dragon tricks) to the older pupils.
Finally it was home to North Harris, where the youth shinty club combined Highland sports and Highland stories for a World Book Day themed fancy dress training session. After all that running about, I checked my phone messages to discover that I had been sent pictures of some young readers (not the ones below) who had dressed up as Hanna, from the Highland Cowgirl, for World Book Day…that brought a huge smile to my face!
It is a while since I shared any book news, but I am working on a couple of projects which I am really excited about – with themes connected to our island life.
I hope to be able to share an update about them very soon…
Louisa MacDougall - children's author 