SCIENCE FICTION

A tiny poem, and a thank you note ❤️

When the wind is wild,
Surely all stars should be of the shooting variety,
And the planets blown haywire.

Just like my hair.

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Hello!

Happy New Year ❤️

Thank you for reading my work, for your support, for reaching out, for offering me amazing new opportunities, for buying my poetry book. I love this community! I hope I have been as supportive to you as so many of you have been to me. I look forward to getting to know you better, possibly even meeting up with some of you if we happen to be close by. And I look forward to meeting those I haven't yet met. 

This year I had the pleasure of meeting Amy Brown and Teneia Sanders who both live in Barcelona. I gave them a tour of Girona, the lovely town close to where I live when I'm in Spain, and then we had a sleepover, kind of like teenagers, except we each had our own room because we are ladies – and lots of giggles! I also met Catriona Knapman, who happened to be staying five minutes from my house in Switzerland! I couldn't believe it; I mean, what are the odds?

And yes, I know I mentioned to someone somewhere that I am going to try to get a handle on my (over)use of exclamation marks and adjectives, but it's New Year's Eve, it's been a serious handful of a year, so whatever!!!!!

Cedric and I will not be doing anything like this tonight:

He has a cold, and I have all sorts of fun and glamorous delights, so we are staying home with our books, my crochet, and the fireplace.

Also, I have no idea whether these gifs I've spent far too long messing around with will work, but you get the idea.

This year I made this! Yay me! I especially want to thank all those of you who wrote lovely reviews of Illicit Croissants At Dawn on Amazon. I need to get better at writing reviews, too. 

I have loads of new projects tucked up my sleeve for 2026.


HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

My wish for 2026?

World Peace 🕊️🕊️

Lots of love,

Francesca xx ❤️❤️