I've been busy again!

I'm so sorry to have abandoned you folks again. My blog posts are turning into a random experience. Some might say what's new, they've always been a tad random. That may be but at least they were frequent.

My regular ramblings are now appearing on my other site, The Rubbish Diet, so if you're missing the blurb, you can keep up with my landfill challenges over there. Fans of Ruby can also look forward to my evaluation of her rubbish sometime next week, so look out for Ruby's Rubbish Reveal coming soon.

So what else is new?

Exciting times prevail. I've spent some quality time catching up with my pal Tracey Smith over at International Downshifting Week. You might have caught her on this week's It pays to watch programme, with Martin Lewis on Five.

I've also met with an agency to talk about turning The Rubbish Diet into a book and am in the process of finishing off the first few chapters to submit to a few publishers, which is very exciting.

But the excitement doesn't stop there.

In the last few weeks I've joined the team at the excellent Sustained Magazine and have contributed my first posting today. If you haven't seen the site yet, it's well worth a visit. The magazine is a great read. All its archives are available online, so grab yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the read.

The About Bury magazine is flourishing and I'm enjoying my role as Features Editor. We've got some fantastic features coming up over the next few months, which I will link up on the blog when they're available. The best thing is the fabulous feedback that we are receiving from not just the local retailers but the readers as well.

I've also been snapped at a local fashion show, which was organised by students at West Suffolk College for the eating disorders charity B-Eat. So if you happen to pick up one of the other magazines that circulates Bury St Edmunds, you might spot me smiling at you. It was a fantastic event to support a very worthwhile cause and congratulations should go to students and staff at WSC for its excellent organisation.

So what's next?

Well, I think all this is enough to juggle for now and the focus for the moment is to carry on enjoying the Easter holidays.

So belated Easter greetings from the 21st C household and I promise I'll be back soon.

Blogging live with a difference

Yes, I am blogging live with a difference today, from The Lounge in Bury St Edmunds.

That's pretty normal, you might think, but not today. There is something special going on.

Today's a great day, but not because January is over and now past its sell by date, nor because of the relief of getting my tax return off in time (even though that does make me cheery)

No today is a great day because of something special that has happened in Bury St Edmunds.

Have a look at the photo and you'll get a clue or two. Can you see it yet, just to the left of the computer.... the red magazine with the big word ABOUT on it?

Yes it's the magazine that everyone is talking about. It's the buzz of Bury St Edmunds and by the end of the weekend, if you live in Bury, you will see copies of About Bury everywhere and I mean everywhere.



About Bury is special because it is no ordinary magazine. It is a project that has been created by my great friend Ruby, the person behind the Living in Bury St Edmunds blog and is the magazine that she has always dreamt of since moving here. It is a natural progression from her blog, where she has a respectful following from residents and shopkeepers alike. Ruby has been the talk of the town for a long time before today and deservedly so.

Anyway, I'm going to let you into a secret, but keep it to yourselves won't you as I don't like boasting about my own accomplishments. I go shy and blush a little.

However, just for this one moment I am going to shout very loudly and tell the world that Ruby has brought me on board as FEATURES EDITOR for this beautiful beautiful magazine. I think she must have noticed my passion for all things Bury St Edmunds along the way (either that or she's completely mad).

My first main feature is about Wi-Fi Hotspots in the town centre, with a listing of all the venues that offer free access. You'll see it under the Eating and Drinking section.

So for all those people who think I've just been having fun, at last there is evidence that I have actually been working while I've been "gadding" about town. After all how can you possibly write about the vibrancy of Bury St Edmunds if you don't actually live it and experience it?


The funny thing is, my cover has now been blown. Whilst delivering the magazines around Bury yesterday, we dropped into The Lounge to find staff in a huddle chatting. Someone had told them about some blogposts about the cafe, which were on some website called 21st Century Mummy and they'd been looking at the blog that morning, trying to work out who it was.

I blushed, gave a big smile and put my hands up....

"It's me"

So it looks like it's not just Ruby who's out of the closet. I am too. I just hope I've not got much apologising to do....Better go and have a look at my archive.

P.S. Do pop over to Ruby's Living in Bury St Edmunds site for lots of news about the magazine. It's fab. And don't forget to have a look at the website www.aboutbury.co.uk, which is in its infancy at the mo but will be a great site with lots of welly behind it.