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0 140  2 Comments on Tuesday 10 December 2024: Colds all round
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Tuesday 10 December 2024: Colds all round

Well, I said we’d catch up on the weekend today, but the truth is we didn’t do very much at all. After his 4-day trip away, the poet was full…

0 158  2 Comments on Wednesday 20 November 2024: We need a plumber
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Wednesday 20 November 2024: We need a plumber

It started to snow at about 6pm on Monday and continued through the night. By morning, it had stopped and was starting to thaw. My watch told me it would…

0 263  4 Comments on Monday 21 October 2024: Leisurely weekend
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Monday 21 October 2024: Leisurely weekend

I forgot to mention in Friday’s post that on Wednesday the money I was owed by Vocal landed in my bank account. On Thursday morning, another job I did from…

0 277  4 Comments on Friday 6 September 2024: More learning
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Friday 6 September 2024: More learning

I had a last minute dental appointment to attend yesterday (not an emergency) at 12:15pm, but the Tour of Britain bike race was starting at 11am, finishing at around 2pm,…

0 317  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…

0 305  2 Comments on Friday 26 July 2024: Another early start
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Friday 26 July 2024: Another early start

We had another early start because the campervan was due in for its MOT first thing, and it was due in a whole hour before my car had been booked…

0 345  2 Comments on Thursday 25 July 2024: Editing all day
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Thursday 25 July 2024: Editing all day

We had an early start yesterday. My car was due in for its MOT first thing and the poet was following me. I put a load of washing through while…

0 398  2 Comments on Tuesday 23 July 2024: Two jobs a day
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Tuesday 23 July 2024: Two jobs a day

The weather forecast for Saturday was way too hot for us to take the dog for a walk, so the day out we’d originally planned for Saturday was moved to…

0 303  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…

0 432  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…

0 408  4 Comments on Friday 24 May 2024: Editing all day
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Friday 24 May 2024: Editing all day

It was almost 10pm by the time the poet returned home from his 3-day business trip. He’d left the house first thing Monday morning, and he got back just before…

0 438  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…

1 483  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…

1 372  2 Comments on Friday 17 May 2024: Too many people. Again!
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Friday 17 May 2024: Too many people. Again!

I forgot to add one more thing to my list of things I could do in Durham for the day yesterday. I could have an editing day. I think the…

0 366  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…

0 366  2 Comments on Friday 10 May 2024: Halloween in May?
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Friday 10 May 2024: Halloween in May?

The Halloween cosy mystery novella course consists of a lot of prep and background work. Up to yesterday, that’s what I was working on. Watching videos, reading notes, and printing…

0 493  4 Comments on Thursday 9 May 2024: Cosmos? A word…
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Thursday 9 May 2024: Cosmos? A word…

I had a steady day yesterday alternating between study and editing. At the moment I’m throwing everything at the Halloween novella writing course because it cost me money. A lot…

0 347  2 Comments on Friday 26 April 2024: Locked in!
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Friday 26 April 2024: Locked in!

Thursday morning I caught up with reading I IS FOR INNOCENT. I didn’t warm to this one straight away, but I think that’s because I didn’t really like H. However,…

0 476  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….

0 656  2 Comments on Thursday 18 April 2024: And we’re off!
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Thursday 18 April 2024: And we’re off!

There comes a time when one has to step away from the systems, the processes, the planning, and just start work. And that’s what I started to do yesterday. First…

0 417  2 Comments on Monday 25 March 2024: Book review
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Monday 25 March 2024: Book review

It wasn’t too bad at the dentist on Friday. A little painful, a little sensitive. But not too bad. I came away with the cleanest teeth I can ever remember…

0 1088  2 Comments on Friday 22 March 2024: At the dentist 😱
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Friday 22 March 2024: At the dentist 😱

Stunning view of the historic pier of Puerto Natales, Chile, on the Seoret Channel, at sunrise on a summer day with the sky covered in gray and pink clouds –…

8 501  2 Comments on Monday 26 February 2024: A day of admin
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Monday 26 February 2024: A day of admin

I was awoken in the early hours of Friday morning by a lot of things all clamouring for my attention. They ran around in circles inside my head until in…

7 669  3 Comments on Thursday 22 February 2024: Rain!
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Thursday 22 February 2024: Rain!

Following Tuesdays shenanigans and rabbit holes, I made sure I didn’t look at anything yesterday anywhere until I had some work in the bag. I set a Pomodoro, determined to…

2 610  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…

2 361  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…

0 481  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…

0 488  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,…

0 417  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…

0 499  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,…

0 440  6 Comments on Monday 8 January 2024: A constant day
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Monday 8 January 2024: A constant day

We took the tree down on Thursday and it opened up the living room to such a lot of light. The last time the window was clear of the tree,…

0 444  2 Comments on Monday 18 December 2023: Up with the lark
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Monday 18 December 2023: Up with the lark

Well, not so much up with the lark as up with the poet, but you get the drift. I had a very busy day ahead of me on Friday so…

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Friday 15 December 2023: One of those days

I already knew I was going to be busy on Thursday. Raving busy in fact. So the plan was to just concentrate on one job until it was done and…