Month: July 2025

I had a fair bit to do in July, and I was pretty much keeping on top of everything. Then Covid came along and wiped us both out for a…

It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Four.  I’m so happy I managed to get the July issue out while it was still July.  In this…

We had a Very Busy weekend. Saturday On Saturday, we took our Covid tests, and once we had the go ahead, we went out and did the shopping, via the…

And here we are already, in the last few days of July. I have a calendar on the wall over my desk. It’s a Christmas gift every year from the…

Slow start to the day yesterday. We’re both still really struggling with Covid, and neither of us is definitely clear of it yet. We both think we can do something,…

With the poet testing positive for Covid on Thursday evening, first job Friday morning was moving a couple of dental appointments around. I was supposed to be in yesterday afternoon…

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY Elvis is Missing, Wordsworth Short #39.  I first wrote Elvis is Missing as an assignment for a WMG workshop. We were asked…

Everything was going really well. I was getting through my work and I wasn’t feeling stressed. Nothing was left waiting. I was managing to shift it all. Yesterday, the day…

We had a very late night on Tuesday, for some reason, which resulted in us both struggling to get up on Wednesday. We had to drag ourselves out of bed,…

The day started well again yesterday. Especially when we woke to see it had rained. Yay! I began the work day with revisiting the diary again and lumping jobs all…

I think we’ll start with some good news today. Well, good news for me at least. We got back from Stratford a week ago on Saturday. Between then and yesterday,…

Honestly, blink and you miss it these days. While Friday does seem a long time ago, I seem to have completely missed the weekend… I had a lot to do…

And just like that…it’s Friday again! Crikey. I feel as though I’ve wasted an entire week, but actually, I should stop beating myself up. I spent several days working on…

First job Wednesday morning, after feeding the dog and the birds, was Week 3 of the 50 crime mystery prompts workshop. This is the final workshop in this course. I…

Before I went into hospital back at the beginning of March, I’d lost 8lb on the 16:8 ‘diet’. When I came out of hospital, I had to take it easy…

After a lovely break in Stratford last week, yesterday was back to normal, apart from having grand-doggy #1 with us to get us up on time. We were both exhausted…

On Thursday we were up bright and early and on our way to Stratford-upon-Avon. Some people I’d worked with 30 years ago were having a reunion, and they invited us…

When I got up on Wednesday, my response to Assignment 3 for the 50 MURDER mystery prompts workshop hadn’t come back, although he did acknowledge my submission early Sunday evening….

I had a good, clean shot at the day’s work yesterday. My planner was neatly filled in, with specific jobs against specific time slots, and with  two half-hour breaks throughout…

We had a hot and busy weekend. With another heatwave on the go, it was starting to get quite unbearable. We kept as cool and hydrated as we could, but…

I’ve been doing a lot of work on the schedule, but the list of things to do never seems to get any shorter. And so I just keep on plodding…