Crisis? What crisis? by Dennis Hamley
I thought I had the subject of this month's blog all sewn up and ready to go but now it will have to wait until October, Today might be very significant in our lives and I think we need to share it with you. It's nothing to do with books or publishing but at the moment it has taken over our thoughts and feelings. So I'm sorry there are only two pictures today. I am too angry to look for any more. As many of you know, Kay and I have been together for seven years - in fact yesterday (Tuesday September 9th) we celebrated the seventh anniversary of the day we met. You may also know that Kay first arrived here from New Zealand in 2006 on an ancestry visa so as to enjoy two summers every year and use the money she earned as a live-in carer to finance European travel. She intended to spend six months a year in the UK and six in New Zealand. Some of you also know how we first met on the towpath of the Oxford Canal and after that events moved quite quickly. We have lived together ...