Susan Eggleton
As a member of Hertford Writers’ Circle for several years, I enjoy writing about many things, but my favourite subject is cats. I have always had a passion for them and have two of my own, Sophie and Bobby. When I first moved to Harlow nearly sixteen years ago, we adopted a stray who, I felt, came to us and wouldn’t leave our front garden until she belonged to us! She sadly passed away in 2012 and we adopted our current two from the RSCPA. My cats have all provided great inspiration in many ways.
I also enjoy writing about places I have visited, particularly those of beauty or with fascinating histories. I am also interested in anything spiritual or spooky and find cats very spiritual.
I have written about my cats in Your Cat magazine and in Take a Break Fate and Fortune magazine.
More recently, I have enjoyed submitting work to Evergreen magazine including an article about the village of Shere, about the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, situated on the outskirts of Shere. We stayed at the sanctuary whilst attending an animal welfare day, a wonderful all-day event which included natural therapies for animals using herbs and remedies, animal communication and also the past lives of animals! My Shere article was featured in the Summer 2020 edition of Evergreen and, last summer, I had a poem printed in Evergreen entitled Beach Huts.
I enjoy writing poetry and find it relaxing. Currently, I am working on a book of poetry and prose entitled ‘Feline Faces and Faraway Places’ which will have poetry about my and other cats, and places I have visited or been inspired by. I’m also writing a memoir about my experiences with the cats I have encountered since moving to Harlow, including the many rescue cats I have met along the way.
I have written prose and poetry for the Hertford Writers’ Circle’s most recent anthologies. I wrote a story entitled ‘The Cat and the Castle,’ about a cat who lives in the vicinity of Hertford Castle and reincarnates through the ages. In the most recent anthology a poem about the River Lee, a favourite place of mine, is included.
I like to explore different forms of poetry including sonnets and Haiku. My sonnet ‘Cats in the Sky’ was written after someone I knew tragically lost their cat and I said that he would probably be watching over her. I took a photo at that time and it looked as though there were cats’ faces among the clouds with her cat looked there among them!
I also enjoy writing about places I have visited, particularly those of beauty or with fascinating histories. I am also interested in anything spiritual or spooky and find cats very spiritual.
I have written about my cats in Your Cat magazine and in Take a Break Fate and Fortune magazine.
More recently, I have enjoyed submitting work to Evergreen magazine including an article about the village of Shere, about the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, situated on the outskirts of Shere. We stayed at the sanctuary whilst attending an animal welfare day, a wonderful all-day event which included natural therapies for animals using herbs and remedies, animal communication and also the past lives of animals! My Shere article was featured in the Summer 2020 edition of Evergreen and, last summer, I had a poem printed in Evergreen entitled Beach Huts.
I enjoy writing poetry and find it relaxing. Currently, I am working on a book of poetry and prose entitled ‘Feline Faces and Faraway Places’ which will have poetry about my and other cats, and places I have visited or been inspired by. I’m also writing a memoir about my experiences with the cats I have encountered since moving to Harlow, including the many rescue cats I have met along the way.
I have written prose and poetry for the Hertford Writers’ Circle’s most recent anthologies. I wrote a story entitled ‘The Cat and the Castle,’ about a cat who lives in the vicinity of Hertford Castle and reincarnates through the ages. In the most recent anthology a poem about the River Lee, a favourite place of mine, is included.
I like to explore different forms of poetry including sonnets and Haiku. My sonnet ‘Cats in the Sky’ was written after someone I knew tragically lost their cat and I said that he would probably be watching over her. I took a photo at that time and it looked as though there were cats’ faces among the clouds with her cat looked there among them!