Elizabeth R Elford

My piece on shame in childhood: "The trouble with a secret as big as this one is that it produces a deep shame, and it doesn’t contain itself to just one area of your life..." huffingtonpost.com/entry/mom-secr… via @HuffPost #gaymom #gayparent @mothermag @mother_pukka

If anyone in bldg opposite is looking in my bedroom (let’s face it, their windows are prob filthy with nose print) they’ll see my sexy a.m. ritual of dumping loads of clean laundry on my bed to fold and then hours later me again scooping everything onto the chair so I can sleep.

But now it has been an hour of waiting and I’d happy take that aluminium pod coffee!

In a Mercedes service garage in Geneva getting winter tyres on. Every man who walks in gets offered a coffee by the female receptionist. The women don’t get asked. So far 4 men with coffees; 3 women no coffee. I’d like to be asked. Even if I don’t want their crappy Nespresso.

@e_mugaju Thanks I sent you an email.

@ElfordElizabeth please get in touch for Possible interview with BBC World Service

this is amazing! Thank you @willrdean for taking the time to write all this down and share it.

Just discovered Kendrick Lamar.

This is the dumbest thing The UK has done since electing Boris Johnson…what the actual fuck…

Tsitsipas=Big Sting

#Altmaier on his third shirt change this match, has definitely improved his pep. Meanwhile #Tsitsipas sticking with his bumblebee outfit which seems to be working for him. #rolandgarros #tennis

I've always been vague about my age, reckoning it's a handicap in the publishing game. But age isn't a handicap, it's Experience, Resilience. I've won awards. Grants. Bursaries. Published loads but never a novel Today, I'm 62 & writing my 4th novel This will be THE ONE It will

The sweetest little duck brought his nesting partner breakfast and a new stick for the nest. #geneveplage #ducks

Ok 12 things on the to-do list today and only 3 crossed off. But at least one of the crossed off items is ‘write’. #amwriting #multitasking

@JodieRobins @jennieg_author Ah imposter syndrome and self-doubt, that constant friend at your side!! Feel it and create anyway!

The imposter syndrome and self-doubt is heavy today as I await feedback. So I'm re-reading some WhatsApp messages from @jennieg_author with all the gorgeous things she said about the book, and this is why we need writer friends! It's really lifted me 🥰🥰

Elderly man with little aging dog walked by my outside seat at coffee shop. I’m mid-croissant, and worry the dog will deposit his morning biz in front of me. Doesn’t happen Instead elderly man makes eye contact and says: Buon appétit. Made my day. Another way I ❤️ Geneva.

@AbbyWambach my real question is how do I handle the pain of potentially seeing him not do well!!

Brand new soccer mom question. Do we have to attend matches especially if they are at 8am on a Saturday? @AbbyWambach

@JLQuoVadis But then I don’t see when or what I need to put back in oven. The pork? My MIL?

@ElfordElizabeth Hello hello x how can I be of help 🌿

@JLQuoVadis Emergency question about this recipe which I’m making for my MIL today (and she thinks I can’t cook, and she’s correct!)

@JLQuoVadis Ok so you write in first para after ingredients to take pork out and let rest for half hour then turn oven up to 200

But then I don’t see when or what I need to put back in oven. The pork? My MIL?

Ok so you write in first para after ingredients to take pork out and let rest for half hour then turn oven up to 200