Karen McKibbin
Karen McKibbin
Karen McKibbin
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What inspires my writing and catches my eye in everyday life...
Picture the scene. A small harbour restaurant in the south of France. A nervous young waiter.
It is clearly his first day and he is visibly trembling as he approaches my table. He says he’d like to present me with an amooth booth. ‘Pardon?’ I ask, looking puzzled. He repeats what he’s just said. It is only then that I notice his lisp. I realise he’s talking about an amuse bouche, a small ...
Do you give your departing house guests a rating on a scale of one to five? I hope you said no to that, otherwise what kind of weirdo host are you?
What about a paying guest? Me, for instance. Say I’m renting your holiday apartment for a week. I’m there to chill out and unwind. The last thing I’m expecting is to be conscripted into a popularity contest. Yet bizarrely I was.
Earlier ...
I spent last week on the island of Skye. It was lovely, apart from the wind. Sorry, I mean breeze.
Skye is a glorious place to visit. The food is great, the people are friendly and the scenery is stunning. It’s also a wind-free zone, if the local weather report is to be believed. I checked the forecast every morning. There was always a mention of a breeze - a light breeze, a breeze or a ...