Month: May 2025

We had the best part of 2 weeks off during the month of May, though not necessarily at the same time. So I had to squeeze a month’s work into…

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Bone Clock by Andrew James Grieg. This book was previously called Whirligig,…

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Deadly Secrets by Gwyn Bennett, Book…

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Murder at Raven’s Edge by Louise…

It’s Late May Bank Holiday in the UK today, previously assigned Whit Monday. It’s a public holiday, and we’re taking it. It’s our last one until the end of August….

This is the last of my favourite pictures taken on the phone while we were doing the NC500. We saw sheep and lambs everywhere we went, and these were snapped…

I received a number of emails on Tuesday evening, first letting me know that the blinds would be delivered by Friday, and then telling me they’d be delivered on Thursday….

So, after talking the poet into going to price up curtains for the conservatory (it wasn’t *that* easy), he made a quiche and put some jacket potatoes in the oven….

WE WEREN’T OVERLY BUSY at the weekend, but we did get a lot done. Saturday First of all we needed to go shopping, as always, and we did that on…

Once again I forgot to start today’s post on Friday, so I’m doing much of this from memory. I didn’t have a very busy day on Friday, but I did…

After a good run, the sun finally went in on Thursday morning and the sky clouded over. We didn’t have any rain, and we don’t have any forecast, but we…

So, Wednesday…I was up on time, but I did sit in my armchair with my dirty cuppa reading a daily newspaper on Readly. Still time-consuming, it doesn’t take up as…

Tuesday didn’t start as well as Monday. I was late getting up and then late getting to my desk. But once there, I did crack on. The first job I…

Monday morning dawned bright and early with yet more sunshine.  Once I’d had my first dirty cup of tea of the day, I started to catch up on my exercises,…

Friday seems like such a long time ago. We must have had a good weekend. I know I forgot to write today’s blog post, so I’m writing it Monday morning…

I was up with the poet again on Thursday, which always sets me up for a good day at work. If he leaves the house too early, I go back…

Before going to bed on Tuesday night, I had a play with book covers on Canva. I’m planning Book 7 of the great novella challenge, and I wanted to (a)…

Monday was a very busy day. We were back off our holiday and had a lot to get through, including sorting out the washing from our trip, doing some shopping,…

Did anyone notice we were gone? We had a lovely 2½ weeks doing the NC500 in our campervan. The NC500 is the North Scotland coastal route and it’s about 520…

It’s May Day in the UK today. It’s a public holiday, and we’re taking it. If you’re taking today off too, enjoy!

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Egg Thief, Wordsworth Short #38.  I created Horvale for Stevie Beck, a fictional dale in Yorkshire with villages, towns, rivers, dales,…

We have the best part of 2 weeks off during the month of May, though not necessarily at the same time. So I’ve had to squeeze a month’s work into…