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Angela Rigley Author Interview The Writer’s Life
The Writer’s Life Today for the series The Writer’s Life, I am featuring an interview of author Angela Rigley. Angela is a writer of historical fiction and children’s fiction. I am happy she allowed me to interview her on Bookplaces Blog. Kay-Hello Angela! Tell us about yourself. Where do you live? Where did you grow up and attend school? Angela-I live in the UK, in a village called Langley Mill on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. When first married, I lived in Hucknall, a town in Nottinghamshire, but was born near Brighton, in Sussex. At 6 months old we moved to Hampshire where we lived on various farms, and I changed schools…
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Where In the World Am I?
When I tell people that I live in Mexico, the most common remark is “It must be fun to sit on the beach all day!” “So you live in Mexico City?” is another question I get. Cancun is a popular vacation spot so people ask if I live there. “Our cruise stopped in Puerto Vallarta. Is that where you are?” No, I don’t sit on the beach all day. There’s not a drop of water around here. No way would I live in Mexico City. It’s too big, too crowded and the air is horrible. We are going on a short trip there soon, but just for three days. Tony…
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Saint Brigid of Ireland
Who Is Saint Brigid? Brigid is one of the patron saints of Ireland, the only female patron saint. This fascinating woman was born February 1st, 451 AD, in the Southeast of Ireland, in the Kingdom of Leinster. Her father was Dubhthach, a chieftain of Leinster who wooed his slave Broicsech until she became pregnant. The Book of Lismore, a late fifteenth-century manuscript written in Gaelic, says Brigid was born in the doorway of a barn on the dawn of February 1st. Many writers have recorded that she was born between indoors and outdoors, winter and spring, and night and day. Ancient tales remain that Brigid became a peacemaker because of…
