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0 58  1 Comment on Friday 11 October 2024: Friday again!
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Friday 11 October 2024: Friday again!

So it’s Friday again already! [sigh!] This week seems to have flown by. I didn’t bake any cookies on Wednesday night but I did make the pear sponge. We were…

0 78  2 Comments on Thursday 10 October 2024: I wrote a(nother) short story!
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Thursday 10 October 2024: I wrote a(nother) short story!

When I got up yesterday I was convinced it was Tuesday. I still had my story to write for 12 STORIES IN 12 MONTHS. But it was fine, I still…

0 62  2 Comments on Wednesday 9 October 2024: It’s deadline day! 😱
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Wednesday 9 October 2024: It’s deadline day! 😱

I had such a leisurely start yesterday, not rushing or worrying. I mean, I had ALL day to write a story that was due in today, and I’d already done…

0 73  0 Comment on Monday 7 October 2024: A new week
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Monday 7 October 2024: A new week

I started the job of deleting my stories from Vocal on Thursday, after I’d scheduled Friday’s post to publish, beginning with the date-specific topical stories that won’t make sense now….

0 145  2 Comments on Wednesday 18 September 2024: Tidying my Scrivener binders
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Wednesday 18 September 2024: Tidying my Scrivener binders

Today’s image was a free image from DepositPhotos. I liked it, even if I don’t know what’s in the glass… We both woke up with aches and pains everywhere yesterday….

0 185  2 Comments on Friday 13 September 2024: Friday the 13th
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Friday 13 September 2024: Friday the 13th

It’s Friday the 13th today. Friday the 13th bothers me that much, I didn’t even register it until I saw something on Facebook.  I don’t know where yesterday went but…

0 179  2 Comments on Thursday 12 September 2024: Networking
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Thursday 12 September 2024: Networking

First job of the day yesterday was to work on the story for 12 STORIES IN 12 MONTHS and get it submitted. I was right at the end of revising…

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Wednesday 11 September 2024: WORDS WORTH READING Issue One out now!

It’s been a while since I made any promotional material. I forgot to do this for Monday’s post, forgot it yesterday, but remembered it today…(Well, I remembered it yesterday really,…

0 138  2 Comments on Tuesday 27 August 2024: Working on the schedule
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Tuesday 27 August 2024: Working on the schedule

On Thursday night I went to bed with a good feeling: I didn’t have to get up to do any work for anyone else in the morning, only me. That…

0 200  4 Comments on Thursday 15 August 2024: Back in a trade union!
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Thursday 15 August 2024: Back in a trade union!

While I started everything up on Wednesday, I also started my weekly tech scan for viruses. As that ran, I read through A DAY AT THE RACES and made a…

0 229  6 Comments on Wednesday 14 August 2024: I wrote another short story…
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Wednesday 14 August 2024: I wrote another short story…

It’s almost as though I do this kind of thing for a living! We were up with the larks again yesterday because my car was booked in for what we…

0 209  4 Comments on Tuesday 13 August 2024: Happy dentist
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Tuesday 13 August 2024: Happy dentist

We went out on Sunday to get me a long grabby thing (long-handled litter-picker) so that when I’m walking around the garden, I can easily pick up windfall apples and…

0 218  2 Comments on Friday 9 August 2024: It’s NOT piracy – it’s deliberate 😕
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Friday 9 August 2024: It’s NOT piracy – it’s deliberate 😕

After we got back from our tea the poet had some work to do, so while he did that I started to brainstorm my story for 12 STORIES IN 12…

0 241  6 Comments on Wednesday 7 August 2024: A week away
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Wednesday 7 August 2024: A week away

On the Friday we broke up for our week away, I ended up stopping work 2 hours earlier than planned because campsite #1 called and asked us to make sure…

0 240  2 Comments on Friday 19 July 2024: Free image Friday
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Friday 19 July 2024: Free image Friday

Today’s free image was so cheerful and energetic, I just had to use it. I love yellow. The poet was up bright and early to head back to the midlands….

0 213  4 Comments on Thursday 18 July 2024: Announcement!
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Thursday 18 July 2024: Announcement!

I had a bit of a slow, lazy start to the day yesterday. The temperature finally reached something close to ‘normal’ for summer and I thought it was too hot…

0 227  2 Comments on Wednesday 17 July 2024: Soapbox alert
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Wednesday 17 July 2024: Soapbox alert

We had a good evening, the dog and I. We didn’t go for another walk as we played ball instead in the garden. For hours. He got lots of sticky…

0 227  4 Comments on Monday 15 July 2024: A dog for the week
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Monday 15 July 2024: A dog for the week

We were up very early on Friday because I had a very early (to us!) review appointment at the hospital. We got there on time and by the time the…

0 235  4 Comments on Thursday 11 July 2024: Early mornings ahead
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Thursday 11 July 2024: Early mornings ahead

From today, we have a week-and-a-half of early starts. Today one of the cars has to go in for MOT and service. Tomorrow, we’re at the hospital. We have a…

0 239  2 Comments on Wednesday 3 July 2024: Productive day
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Wednesday 3 July 2024: Productive day

After a bit of a rough night, we were up relatively early to take the poet to the dentist. He was full of cold (hence the rough night) and secretly…

0 276  3 Comments on Friday 28 June 2024: Executive decision
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Friday 28 June 2024: Executive decision

I was at my desk fairly early on Thursday morning as I had a dentist appointment in the middle of the day, for which I had to factor in travel…

0 221  2 Comments on Thursday 20 June 2024: More writing!
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Thursday 20 June 2024: More writing!

After a late night on Sunday submitting the cosy mystery for the anthology, Monday started later than usual. Over breakfast, though, I dealt with emails, one of which had come…

0 307  2 Comments on Monday 17 June 2024: Seem to be getting there
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Monday 17 June 2024: Seem to be getting there

Friday morning began with the client edit pdf proof landing. This has also gone to the author and to a proofreader. Once we’ve all had a look, I’ll consolidate the…

0 245  2 Comments on Friday 14 June 2024: Re-subscribe
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Friday 14 June 2024: Re-subscribe

Before reading any further, if you’re a subscriber to the blog (not the newsletter) and you’re not receiving your email notifications, I think you need to subscribe again. You can…

0 323  5 Comments on Thursday 13 June 2024: Starting a routine
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Thursday 13 June 2024: Starting a routine

Having identified no fixed routine as a possible problem when doing my work (or not doing it, as the case too often turns out), I started to make a plan….

0 318  4 Comments on Monday 10 June 2024: Playing with covers… (again)
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Monday 10 June 2024: Playing with covers… (again)

While we were on holiday, I received an email every day from Jetpack telling me that my site was unresponsive. Usually less than an hour later, I had another email…

0 350  6 Comments on Thursday 23 May 2024: The bells
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Thursday 23 May 2024: The bells

I had a much better night on Tuesday. I left all of the inside doors open in the house and kept a window open in the bedroom, so I could…

0 252  2 Comments on Wednesday 22 May 2024: Magpies are clever
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Wednesday 22 May 2024: Magpies are clever

I’m not used to being in the house on my own yet and during the night on Monday/Tuesday, I woke up at about 3:30am thinking I could hear noises. I…

1 344  4 Comments on Tuesday 21 May 2024: Busy weekend
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Tuesday 21 May 2024: Busy weekend

Gosh what a busy weekend we had. Saturday We were up early on Saturday because we had a lot to do, and while the poet was getting something out of…

0 301  2 Comments on Tuesday 14 May 2024: The days are getting busy
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Tuesday 14 May 2024: The days are getting busy

The weekend was very full and busy, starting with a packed Saturday. We started with a visit to the mother-in-law to pick up something for Son #2 who’d had an…

0 276  2 Comments on Monday 13 May 2024: Another dental appointment!
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Monday 13 May 2024: Another dental appointment!

First job Friday was rejigging the schedule over the next few weeks. I had to move a lot of things down the calendar that I didn’t get around to over…

0 359  2 Comments on Thursday 25 April 2024: Getting ready to go camping
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Thursday 25 April 2024: Getting ready to go camping

I put a chicken in the oven for tea on Tuesday night, but I didn’t really like the smell of it. I let it cook for about 30 minutes, to…

0 394  2 Comments on Wednesday 24 April 2024: The Undercover Project has begun
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Wednesday 24 April 2024: The Undercover Project has begun

The first job on Tuesday morning was to feed the dog, give him his medication, and feed the birds. The birds have been making a bit of a mess, recently….