Author: Diane
Friday 12 December 2025: Short n sweet
This post also appears on Patreon. And here we are again. The end of another week already. It was quite non-stop and busy yesterday again, as I get ready to…
Thursday 11 December 2025: Got some work done
This post also appears on Patreon. Wednesday morning is one of my 3 weekly light therapy sessions at the hospital. It takes up the best part of the entire morning…
Wednesday 10 December 2025: Tech issues again
This post also appears on Patreon. After 2 disturbed nights on the trot and the previous day’s intense concentration on my annual finances, I really struggled to get up yesterday….
Tuesday 9 December 2025: Tax return
This post also appears on Patreon. Right after posting yesterday’s blog post on here and on Patreon, I started today’s. I had a bit of work to catch up on…
Monday 8 December 2025: Busy weekend, again
This post also appears on Patreon. Friday was a busy day. The morning was taken up with my 3rd dermatology appointment (3 down, 21 to go). This appointment really does…
Friday 5 December 2025: Gantt charts
This post also appears on Patreon. I had an early start on Thursday because, although I didn’t have to go for a light therapy session, another contractor was coming to…
Thursday 4 December 2025: Newsletter is out
This post also appears on Patreon. I didn’t get around to writing the micro-fiction short story on Tuesday for this month’s 12 stories in 12 months, but I didn’t beat…
Wednesday 3 December 2025: Bit of a catch up
This post also appears on Patreon. I forgot another job I did last week, planning the micro story for this month’s 12 stories in 12 months. This is a brand-new…
Tuesday 2 December 2025: Pet shenanigans
And so here we are, in December. Is it snowing yet? I had a physio appointment first thing Thursday morning, and straight after my dirty cuppa, I was off. The…
Monday 1 December 2025: Hello, December!
Having to attend light therapy treatment 3 times a week for 8 weeks plus 3 weeks holiday already booked meant I don’t have a lot of time for much else…
Friday 28 November 2025: November wrap-up!
As November began, I was scheduled to start 8 weeks of light therapy treatment at the dermatology department, 3 times a week, towards the end of the month. With the…
Thursday 27 November 2025: Editing
I refused to be beaten on Tuesday and I took the editing I hadn’t done during the day into the living room to do during the evening. I’d had my…
Wednesday 26 November 2025: Posh ice cream
And just like that, this is the last-but-one blog post for November. The day after tomorrow is the wrap-up and then we’ll be into the last month of the year…
Tuesday 25 November 2025: All quiet in the mad house
The mad house seems to be settling down a bit now, after a few fraught weeks. Then it will all start up again as soon as my light therapy treatments…
Monday 24 November 2025: It rained. A lot.
We had a very good night on Thursday. Dogs were fed at about 10:30pm, which meant they both slept right through. Yay! They were up with the poet, who fed…
Friday 21 November 2025: More snow!
I was scrolling through Facebook over my dirty cuppa yesterday morning when I saw a post from the Doncaster Free Press saying it was snowing across Doncaster ‘this morning’. I…
Thursday 20 November 2025: Snow!
I’ve got out of the habit of writing today’s blog post during the previous day and scheduling it to post at 8am. I suppose the obvious reason for this is…
Wednesday 19 November 2025: Need more focus time
I’m not getting very many longer segments of time in which I can focus properly on a job that needs a lot of concentration at the moment. So I’m doing…
Tuesday 18 November 2025: Back to the beginning
On Saturday I had to work. I still had that editing job to do and send off to be set and I wanted it off my desk sooner rather than…
Monday 17 November 2025: Squally weather
Storm Claudia arrived on Friday in the relatively early hours. I knew there was a storm brewing out at sea, but I didn’t know it was expected to make landfall….
Friday 14 November 2025: More editing
And here we are, Friday again. Already mid-November (almost). Christmas isn’t far away. Before we know it, it’ll be next year! Lazy late start yesterday. Pup very kindly didn’t wake…
Thursday 13 November 2025: Editing
I forgot to complete my food allergies diary on Tuesday, so that was the first job I did Wednesday morning, while it was still fresh in my mind. The second…
Wednesday 12 November 2025: More covers work
Yesterday morning began, bright and early again, with me first letting the puppy out and then feeding them both about an hour later. I had my dirty cuppa and read…
Tuesday 11 November 2025: Playing with images
Last week I ordered a food and allergies diary in a bid to see if there’s a pattern with my skin. That arrived on Friday, and I started it yesterday…


































