Hello and welcome to Somewhere in West Cornwall. My name is Lisa: I am a writer, beekeeper and wild-garden and allotment grower, with a range of projects always on the go. I also happen to live with so-called ‘invisible’ or ‘hidden’ and ‘dynamic’ disability Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in my dominant hand, impacting all aspects of daily life. This blogsite is a platform for my writing and a jumble of musings on everyday life – including, yes, the reality of living with CRPS. From October 2021 to April 2026, this blogsite included intermittent updates on my slow progression through a self-funded PhD exploring the lives of Cornwall’s two primary folklorists William Bottrell and Robert Hunt, which I am no longer pursuing due to increasing health and disability limits.
Accompanying me here is my husband, author Rob Spooner.
