Peter J. Murray's Blog, page 20
December 15, 2013
NORTHERN FINISH – WE LUVVED IT!
What a way to finish the term! We had the most amazing trip up to the North East to visit our favourite schools in Newcastle, Tynemouth, Ponteland and along the Northumbrian coast to finish in the lovely atmospheric town of Alnwick. Much of the trip was to promote our new Mokee Joe book – Mokee Joe: Swamp [...]
December 2, 2013
NEWBURY GOLD!
What an amazing week! Four schools – all so different – all so brilliant in their own way! And all on the doorstep of our Berkshire retreat! The first was the Echinswell and Sydmonton Village School, teamed up with around 70 pupils from the not-too-faraway Kingsclere Primary. This school is just over the back fields to [...]
November 24, 2013
ICE COLD IN ESSEX
We’re getting used to being in a cold and damp Essex at this time of year, but this autumn it seemed much colder than usual. After a somewhat disrupted start with our old friends at Tendring Technical College (TTC), we headed down to Clacton-0n-Sea for our annual winter stroll along the sea-front and onto the pier, [...]
November 18, 2013
JEEPERS CREAKERS!
One of my favourite scary movies is ‘Jeepers Creepers’…the big bad guy in this movie even looks a bit like Mokee Joe! However, the latest hotel we stayed in whilst we were visiting Ellesmere Port has given me an idea for a new scary movie ‘Jeeper Creakers’! You probably wonder what I’m talking about! Well…our [...]
November 9, 2013
SIGNIFICANT IN NEWBURY!
I laughed so much when the teaching staff of the Willows Primary School told me I’d been registered as a ‘significant person’ in their list of people their pupils were studying! I was also informed that the ‘significant’ label was a great complement…so I’m pleased to say I feel really flattered. The Willows is the [...]
October 29, 2013
ALL GOOD THINGS…
Forgive the cliche, but all good things must end…eventually! And so it was that we arrived in ‘Amazing, vibrant, New Orleans’ (first line of my poem in the new Mokee Joe Swamp Warrior book. To say that our son, Simon, was in awe of the city is a gross understatement…he was blown away! After checking [...]
October 22, 2013
NEW YORK TO NEW ORLEANS!
A last trip down to Manhattan in lovely evening sunshine before packing for New Orleans. As you can see from the pics, Halloween is beginning to make an impact on the city and I’m sure this will be even more so down in Louisiana…the great setting for Mokee Joe book 5. See y’all down there! [...]
October 18, 2013
AT HOME IN HARLEM
Thanks to the hospitality of Dr Judy Parker and the Carmel Hill team, Kath and I are feeling more at home in New York than at anytime before! We love our apartment where Judy is allowing us to stay. Beside saving us a fortune in hotel accommodation, we have everything we need at our disposal and [...]
October 9, 2013
EVERYONE’S A WINNER!
Two more great school visits today in Harlem, New York! But not before spending our first night in out ‘Harlem Apartment’. It’s so comfy and we have all of our EVERY needs…thanks to Dr Parker and her Carmel Hill Team looking after us so well. Smart surroundings, lots of lovely food, fast internet, digital TV…the [...]
October 6, 2013
BACK IN THE US OF A
We’re back in what has become our second home…7th Avenue, New York! We’re here to launch two new books…Mokee Joe – Swamp Warrior and PS 13. The journey seemed longer than usual for some reason. Our flight on Delta Airways was smooth enough, though the landing at JFK Airport was eventful with a stack of [...]
