Friday 9 January 2026: Friday already
I managed to catch up on quite a lot yesterday, which is good because there was a lot I didn’t do on Wednesday. The day started well with both dogs…
Thursday 8 January 2026: Rabbit holes…
Wednesday began a little later than it should have done due to the dogs having us up a few times in the night. Puppy has had a touch of the…
Wednesday 7 January 2026: Automatic ball machine
Although, technically, I had 3 weeks off over Christmas, for the first week I worked, as previously mentioned. That gave us 2 weeks for the actual holiday. However, we didn’t…
Tuesday 6 January 2026: Hello, January!
Soooo, I’m still attending light therapy treatment 3 times a week, so that’s still dictating a lot of my working week at the moment. One job that will now drop…
Monday 5 January 2026: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. In this issue: Short Story: A Day at the Races, featuring Marcie Craig Short Story: Valentine’s Date Complete…
Friday 2 January 2025: December wrap-up!
I’m not going to do a wrap-up for 2025 this year. Most of you have all already seen it all anyway and I don’t want to bore anyone. Here, though,…
Thursday 1 January 2026: Happy New Year!
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…
Tuesday 23 December 2025: So, where were we…?
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…
Wednesday 17 December 2025: Monday & Tuesday
This post also appears on Patreon. I should really be on holiday now, but I promised an author I’d have their book back to them by a certain date and,…
Tuesday 16 December 2025: The weekend
This post also appears on Patreon. Saturday seems to have vanished into a puff of smoke. I think we were busy, but as I write this on Monday afternoon, I’m…
Monday 15 December 2025: Selfish gits
This post also appears on Patreon. So it’s Monday again already and, in this household at least, we start our march towards the big day. Friday seems such a long…
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…





































