
I’ll give it a go I thought, and then I realised it had to be written in a specific disciplined poetic form – terza rima. He came round with a copy of a writing magazine in which there was a poetry competition and suggested I might like to enter it.

However, I suspect that life will soon need to become more disciplined and it reminded me of a challenge that my son-in-law Lewis came up with a while ago. I’ve always found discipline a bit of a challenge … my husband, David, says I have a butterfly personality – flitting between a hundred diverse things wanting to start everything now eager to experience something new – which doesn’t mean that I never get anything finished on time, but it can lead to moments of stress!

I suspect it was something to do with the British obsession with the weather – we have perfect weather – perfect for kvetching about! Or maybe it’s because I’ve been thinking about challenge and discipline? So in the middle of one of the warmest summers we’ve had for many a year, why have my thoughts turned to winter?
