Bob and Maria at the Natural History Museum. Photo by Caitlin, our granddaughter

Many of you will know that my husband Bob Carling and I ran an indie press, Cultured Llama Publishing. Steven Keevil of the excellent, award-winning Local Authority Substack newsletter, interviewed Bob and I about publishing, writing, music, and finding each other via Internet dating. You can read it here.

Steven approached us just at the time we were about to close Cultured Llama, but kindly thought we would be interesting interviewees. When he arrived for the interview, I said ‘I don’t know what you want to talk to us about.’ Two hours later… Sorry for rambling, Steven, and thanks for a great job editing the conversation.

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My recent Substack post DO NOT ALIGHT, on Rochester in the ’90s, has proved surprisingly popular. You can read it here.

This week’s Substack is about my love of medical dramas: CBC, Chem 5 and Tacky Cardies