Name:  Meg  (Margaret) Ruth Harper
Birthday: 21st October
Lives: Warwick
Occupation: Writer / student / teacher / mother!!!
Family: Two sons, Phin and Jos and two daughters, Kezia and Lydia (twins).
Siblings: One older sister, Janet.
Pets: One cat, Samson. Chickens.
Hobbies: Reading (predictable!), swimming, walking the dog (used to be running after them he chased rabbits but he’s getting old!), visiting museums, old houses, castles etc but only if they have good tea shops with home-made cake, Tudor Re-enactment – that’s pretending you’re a Tudor person and people pay (not me, unfortunately) to watch you.
Decrees: I think my niece who helped to make this brilliant web-site means degrees but decrees is much more fun! I decree that no one is allowed to smoke in tea shops where I am! I decree that school uniform should be banned! I decree that no one should have to work in a sweat-shop! Enough?!
Home Town: Stockport - great place if you like gloomy Victorian factories (and I do!). Not so good if you like football - but Stockport County are a lot better than they used to be!
Three Words that Describe You Best: Crabby, grumpy witch. No? How about charismatic, creative, energetic? Well, somewhere between the six.
Childhood Idol: Prince Rupert of the Rhine. He was six foot five inches tall (guess how tall my husband is?)
Person Who Inspires You: John Pilger - he's an investigative journalist. Lord Shaftesbury - he’s the person who made sure kids didn't get sent to work in mines. He was always up to something good!
With Only 24 hours Left to Live I Would: I think I would phone, e-mail or speak to all the people I could whom I like or love and then, if possible, I'd go for a walk in the Pennine hills or along a cliff-path by the sea. I'd pray and I'd think. Then I'd round things off with a trip to a tea-shop with cake, of course, and spend any time left reading any replies to my e-mails and a really good book! I'd like to be able to cram in a trip to the Blue Lagoon in Iceland to wallow in the hot water there but I don't think that'd leave enough time for the other things!

(The links to external sites on this page are to help you learn more about the things that interest me. I do not endorse them. Please let me know if you have favourite links to sites covering my favourite subjects.)