0 178  2 Comments on Monday 10 November 2025: Editing
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Monday 10 November 2025: Editing

I forgot to pre-write the blog on Friday again. Tut, tut. Not a lot happened…well, I was very busy, but it was all the same kind of thing. Editing, pet…

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Friday 7 November 2025: A shiny new fence

And here we are. Friday again already… Yesterday began rather like the day before had, with me making corrections to the blog post over a dirty cuppa on my mobile…

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Thursday 6 November 2025: New schedule begins

Last job of the day on Tuesday was supposed to be schedule work. Then I remembered yesterday’s entry for 12 stories in 12 months. It’s rare I get this done…

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Wednesday 5 November 2025: Bonfire Night!

I love Bonfire Night. It’s one of my favourite times of the year. I love the bonfires, the fireworks, the sparklers, the hot dogs, the jacket potatoes, the smell of…

0 226  3 Comments on Tuesday 4 November 2025: All good intentions
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Tuesday 4 November 2025: All good intentions

By last Thursday morning, I had all good intentions of being caught up at least a little bit. But then I couldn’t even remember to schedule Thursday’s blog post on…

0 240  4 Comments on Monday 3 November 2025: Hello November!
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Monday 3 November 2025: Hello November!

I’m supposed to be starting my light therapy treatment at the dermatology department in Rotherham in November, but I’m still seeing how the collagen supplements are currently going. If my…

0 227  2 Comments on Friday 31 October 2025: October wrap-up!
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Friday 31 October 2025: October wrap-up!

The permanent arrival of a 4-year-old spaniel closely followed by a 10-week-old puppy took up a lot of planning and organisation time during October. I cancelled the minor surgery because…

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Thursday 30 October 2025: Back to work

I thought I’d make a start on catching up with the blogs again just in time for the wrap-up and month ahead posts tomorrow and on Monday. I don’t have…

0 232  2 Comments on Wednesday 29 October 2025: Perfect partners
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Wednesday 29 October 2025: Perfect partners

So here we are. Halfway through the week, and almost at the end of October, and I still haven’t done any work this week. I’ve done some blog posts, yes….

0 245  2 Comments on Tuesday 28 October 2025: Two become four
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Tuesday 28 October 2025: Two become four

One of the reasons I’ve been stupidly busy just lately, and a tad secretive (hate to jinx anything), is because last week we became the proud humans of not 1…

0 266  2 Comments on Monday 27 October 2025: Publication Day!
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Monday 27 October 2025: Publication Day!

It’s publication day today for Fireworks at Killiecrankie, Wordsworth Short #43. This was originally a flash fiction short story, because the original version came in under 1,200 words. As the…

0 220  2 Comments on Friday 24 October 2025: Hold my coat…
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Friday 24 October 2025: Hold my coat…

If I thought Wednesday was busy, I’d obviously never heard of Thursday, but along it came and said, ‘hold my coat…’ The day began early again, but before I’d even…

0 224  2 Comments on Thursday 23 October 2025: Like New Street Station
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Thursday 23 October 2025: Like New Street Station

Honestly, it was like New Street Station in our house yesterday. The saying is actually ‘like Piccadilly Circus’, but my dad always used to say New Street Station, as that’s…

0 379  2 Comments on Wednesday 22 October 2025: Tech woes again
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Wednesday 22 October 2025: Tech woes again

There was so much I wanted to say yesterday about the internet, but for some reason I didn’t include it. After wondering if I’d just started it and then left…

0 321  2 Comments on Tuesday 21 October 2025: Keeping an eye on things
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Tuesday 21 October 2025: Keeping an eye on things

I forgot to mention on Friday, that while we were re-arranging the office furniture around the new internet router, I was doing a lot of crawling around on my knees….

0 281  2 Comments on Monday 20 October 2025: Publication Day!
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Monday 20 October 2025: Publication Day!

It’s publication day today for Bonfire Surprise, Wordsworth Short #42. This is a story I wrote a long time ago after reading a news item and writing a story around…

0 262  2 Comments on Friday 18 October 2025: Pandemonium 
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Friday 18 October 2025: Pandemonium 

And here we are. Another week has flown by and October is already almost over. We had an early start on Wednesday. Not only was the garden man coming back…

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Thursday 16 October 2025: A newer, brighter garden…

…now the work starts… The garden man was back again yesterday, but this time he sneaked up on me and took me by surprise. I was in the process of…

0 264  2 Comments on Wednesday 15 October 2025: Face-plant
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Wednesday 15 October 2025: Face-plant

The garden man was supposed to be coming back today, as he had an appointment yesterday. But his appointment was cancelled, so he turned up yesterday after all. (I don’t…

0 252  2 Comments on Tuesday 14 October 2025: The garden man is here
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Tuesday 14 October 2025: The garden man is here

I’d already done quite a bit of work on Friday when I got round to writing the blog post. But I got through a lot afterwards as well. I’d just…

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Book Review: Blood Runs Deep by Doug Sinclair

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Blood Runs Deep by Doug Sinclair. This was my first introduction to Doug…

0 260  2 Comments on Friday 10 October 2025: Smile! It’s the weekend!
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Friday 10 October 2025: Smile! It’s the weekend!

So I didn’t do a great deal yesterday other than editing. Editing, editing, editing. All day. I did do some housework, and I did feed and water the garden birds….

0 292  4 Comments on Thursday 9 October 2025: Moving, moving, moving… 
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Thursday 9 October 2025: Moving, moving, moving… 

…the body, not house… My initial exercise plan arrived from the physiotherapist, plus the link to take it forward. We had a look at the exercises. They were all right,…

0 317  2 Comments on Wednesday 8 October 2025: Armchair gardening
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Wednesday 8 October 2025: Armchair gardening

I started the day yesterday downloading garden magazines on Readly for the past year. If I can keep a year of magazines downloaded, then I’ll always have it if that…