Category: writer’s life

Image by skypistudio from DepositPhotosI’m really struggling to get going again at the moment, and I think much had to do with the busy-ish day I knew was coming up…

I didn’t do any work on Friday. I didn’t do a lot on Thursday either. Instead, on Thursday, I finished reading the book I started on Tuesday. And on Friday…

Monday was a flurry of activity and I got a lot done. Tuesday was less great. Much less great. I just couldn’t get going. Instead, I fannied and faffed around,…

Today’s image is another from our campsite 2 weeks ago. I’ll be using these pictures all this week, just to give an idea of why we keep going back there…

We were up with the larks on Saturday because we had to get the dog to doggy daycare ahead of the daughter’s wedding. The dog sitter is only 15 minutes…

Because I worked late on Thursday night (again!), I allowed myself to start late on Friday morning. Or, put another way, I didn’t beat myself up when I didn’t make…

It was so nice to wake up yesterday morning and remember there was no one coming and we didn’t have to get up. Of course, the dog still thought we…

Day 3 of the decorator being here, and hopefully the last day. Not that he’s been a problem. In fact, he’s quietly got on with his job, not caring at…

We were up with the larks again on Tuesday morning, as it was Day 2 of the decorator being here. I was still trying to get this proofreading job back…

I know it’s hard to believe, but I was in a right grumpy mood on Friday. The dog had been a complete pain in the butt since the workmen left…

I reached the next milestone in my weight loss journey yesterday: 5% of my body weight lost. Actually, I lost a further half a pound too, so I was very…

After such a busy few weeks, yesterday was a dream. I had chance to relax, spread out, and let my hair down. I had a lovely lie-in and when I…

Today’s picture has nothing to do with today’s post, but it was a freebie from DepositPhotos and I liked it. So now you’ve got it. On Monday, we had builders…

The pictures I’ve been using to illustrate the blog for the past week are pictures I’ve taken on our walk down to the meadow. Today’s picture was going to be…

After we finished work on Friday, we nipped out to take the dog for a walk and to drop in on the poet’s mum, as we hadn’t seen her in…

Sooo, all being well, we collect the keys to our new house today. We’ve already exchanged contracts. We just have to wait for the sellers’ estate agent to call us…

We had such a lovely, surprise weekend away in the campervan. Castleton in the High Peak is one of our favourite places and it used to be one of our…

On Friday we were supposed to be taking the dog to meet and greet the dog sitter he’s having a couple of sleepovers with later this year. But just as…

With the news that we should be getting the keys to the new house next Thursday, my first job of the day was to re-plan the rest of my month….

We both slept in on Wednesday, which meant a late start to the day and not as much work done as I’d like. And the poet had to be at…

Did you have a good bank holiday weekend? Friday was a glorious day and I plodded steadily through the day’s objectives, doing all of the usual household stuff. The clothes…

Here in the UK it’s a bank holiday today, late May bank holiday or what used to be Whitsun. And we’re taking it. If you’re taking it too, have a…

Oops, I skipped a day yesterday. I was so buried in what I was doing (more of which next week), by the time I lifted my head above the parapet…

I didn’t manage a lot of work on Friday. In fact, looking at my diary, it looks like I didn’t do any work at all. I didn’t do any workshops….

Oh my goodness. I missed on a couple of counts yesterday. First of all, I had such a stupid day on Tuesday proving I’m not a money launderer, I just…

Thursday I had a really bad start to the day on Thursday. A pain in my side woke me up at around 2:30am and it took some time to get…

I had to get up early yesterday because the roof man was apparently coming. He’d warned it was weather-dependent and as it hasn’t really stopped raining (or snowing for a…

I had a lot of work planned for yesterday. I had a short story to outline. I had a workshop to revise. I had a book to edit. And I…

Happy New Year to all of our family and friends and everyone else who reads and supports this blog. You are all appreciated and very welcome. Health and happiness to…

This post also appears on Patreon. Ah, Wednesday… Well, Wednesday was a very long time ago, or so it seems. We also had errands to run, on top of dermatology…