7 1024  2 Comments on Wednesday 21 February 2024: Chasing rabbits
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Wednesday 21 February 2024: Chasing rabbits

By the time I finished faffing on Monday it was midnight, so it was well after midnight when I closed the office down. I spent the next couple of hours…

11 946  2 Comments on Tuesday 20 February 2024: Burning the midnight oil
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Tuesday 20 February 2024: Burning the midnight oil

Yesterday started sunny and bright but looked as though it might rain. By mid-morning, the clouds had scurried away but it was still a bit blowy. It was nice to…

2 1155  2 Comments on Monday 19 February 2024: Technical woes revisited
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Monday 19 February 2024: Technical woes revisited

I did have plans on Friday to finish editing those extra pages for the big editing job. But the phone started to ring first thing regarding the sale of my…

2 871  2 Comments on Friday 16 February 2024: Beautiful flowers
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Friday 16 February 2024: Beautiful flowers

I stopped work in good time to get ready to go out. We’d timed it down to the minute but the plan depended on how fast we’d be served at…

2 803  2 Comments on Thursday 15 February 2024: I love listening to rain
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Thursday 15 February 2024: I love listening to rain

One of the things I like about rain is to listen to it bouncing on the roof during the night. I love being in a tent or a caravan when…

2 1769  1 Comment on Wednesday 14 February 2024: Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Wednesday 14 February 2024: Happy Valentine’s Day!

I like Valentine’s Day. I’ve always liked Valentine’s Day. And not because I’m a soppy old mush. (Just ask the poet!) But because it’s such a lovely, cheerful time of…

2 1025  2 Comments on Tuesday 13 February 2024: Re-reading old favourites
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Tuesday 13 February 2024: Re-reading old favourites

First of all yesterday I faffed. I was playing a game on my shiny new tablet. I had promised myself I wouldn’t play a game over breakfast. Instead, I’d read…

0 915  4 Comments on Monday 12 February 2024: Budgeting to faff
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Monday 12 February 2024: Budgeting to faff

I often notice myself disappearing down various rabbit holes. And these rabbit holes can be all shapes and sizes. Usually, they’re research holes. Often, they’re faffing holes, where I start…

0 1060  7 Comments on Thursday 8 February 2024: Snow!
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Thursday 8 February 2024: Snow!

The snow was forecast for noon today. It was supposed to be wet snow, and it wasn’t likely to stick. At 7:30am, the rain started, right on schedule. By 8:30am,…

0 1018  5 Comments on Wednesday 7 February 2024: Drowning in red tape and bureaucracy
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Wednesday 7 February 2024: Drowning in red tape and bureaucracy

I promise you, I haven’t been playing with my shiny new toy since Monday. No really… although I wish I had been. Instead, I’ve literally been drowning in red tape…

0 1001  4 Comments on Monday 5 February 2024: Ooh, shiny…
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Monday 5 February 2024: Ooh, shiny…

There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day at the moment. In the blink of an eye the day is gone and I’ve not done half of what…

0 1049  4 Comments on Thursday 1 February 2024: The month ahead
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Thursday 1 February 2024: The month ahead

So the hedge man said he’d be here at 9:30am… The dog wasn’t great during the evening. He was still bright, still interested, still wanting to eat. But every so…

0 776  4 Comments on Wednesday 31 January 2024: January wrap-up
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Wednesday 31 January 2024: January wrap-up

I got up earlier than usual yesterday due to the hedge man coming to do the garden. He wasn’t due until 10am and we’d told him we’d leave the gate…

0 913  4 Comments on Tuesday 30 January 2024: Too much people, again…
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Tuesday 30 January 2024: Too much people, again…

I had too much people yesterday. Yes, two people is too much. (Although the second person was really three…) Saying that, the two dogs I saw were perfectly fine. One…

0 1002  2 Comments on Monday 29 January 2024: Other people’s dogs…
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Monday 29 January 2024: Other people’s dogs…

Well, it’s been a busy few days again. Monkey Dust were back in the studio for rehearsals on Thursday and they had their first gig of the year on Saturday,…

0 951  6 Comments on Thursday 25 January 2024: Flying visit
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Thursday 25 January 2024: Flying visit

I’ve been a bit AWOL these past two days, and this is a flying visit. I don’t really have a lot to say other than I’ve been busy doing one…

0 1185  2 Comments on Tuesday 23 January 2024: Full steam ahead
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Tuesday 23 January 2024: Full steam ahead

I had some catching up to do yesterday as I’d lost a lot of time on Friday. First of all I’d had to wait around for a delivery, then I…

0 925  4 Comments on Monday 22 January 2024: Proper weekend
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Monday 22 January 2024: Proper weekend

On Friday I added an ebook shop to the website. It took all day to choose which one to use, try some out, remove them again, and then finally settle…

0 785  2 Comments on Friday 9 January 2024: Friday already?
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Friday 9 January 2024: Friday already?

Wow. Friday again. That came around quick… We both slept really well on Wednesday night resulting in us both getting up on time. I did get up with the poet…

0 941  4 Comments on Thursday 18 January 2024: Getting on with it
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Thursday 18 January 2024: Getting on with it

We had a lovely meal on Tuesday night to celebrate the mother-in-law’s birthday. She was delighted to have her son, all of her grandchildren, and their partners and families together…

0 1053  4 Comments on Wednesday 17 January 2024: I had to duck out!
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Wednesday 17 January 2024: I had to duck out!

I stayed at my desk until about 7pm, to make sure I didn’t miss the videos for the sci-fi mystery writing workshop, but they didn’t land. Tea was already well…

0 930  4 Comments on Tuesday 16 January 2024: Meat-free Monday
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Tuesday 16 January 2024: Meat-free Monday

The first job I did yesterday was yesterday’s blog post as I hadn’t done it last Friday, for some reason. I only managed 474 words, and it went towards yesterday’s…

0 1056  6 Comments on Monday 13 January 2024: Did I write a sci-fi story?
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Monday 13 January 2024: Did I write a sci-fi story?

I did start writing the first sci-fi mystery story on Friday, but I didn’t make a note of how many words I wrote. I wrote them straight into Scrivener, and…

0 979  5 Comments on Friday 12 January 2024: Bits n bobs
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Friday 12 January 2024: Bits n bobs

I think one of the last things to organise on a personal basis is a new dentist for us both. We do have a dentist, in Doncaster. But they were…