Tag: grand-doggy #1
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…
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…
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…
Tuesday 7 October 2025: How did that happen?
I mean, how is it already the 7th of October? It’s blummin ridiculous. Friday So, what happened on Friday? Well, I had some regular weekly tasks, which I did: Weekly…
Friday 3 October 2025: Silly billy
Gosh, this is a long one. Make your favourite drink and pull up a chair… Monday The poet was up bright an early on Monday morning to head off down…
Thursday 2 October 2025: Misty mornings
And here we are – already 2 days into October and, already again, misty mornings are upon us. I do love this time of year, although winter is my favourite….
Tuesday 23 September 2025: Mixed emotions
Friday was mostly about getting the last 2 stories for the next bookazine proof-read and formatted. But before I could start on those, I had to write up, choose an…
Tuesday 16 September 2025: Too much faffing
Grand-doggy #1 came on Thursday evening for a visit. The plan, therefore, was to take him out every day for a walk. So far, he’s been out twice. The garden’s…
Thursday 24 July 2025: Well, that escalated quickly…
With the poet testing positive for Covid on Thursday evening, first job Friday morning was moving a couple of dental appointments around. I was supposed to be in yesterday afternoon…
Monday 14 July 2025: Where did *that* weekend go?
Honestly, blink and you miss it these days. While Friday does seem a long time ago, I seem to have completely missed the weekend… I had a lot to do…
Friday 11 July 2025: Weekend again already
And just like that…it’s Friday again! Crikey. I feel as though I’ve wasted an entire week, but actually, I should stop beating myself up. I spent several days working on…
Thursday 10 July 2025: More book covers
First job Wednesday morning, after feeding the dog and the birds, was Week 3 of the 50 crime mystery prompts workshop. This is the final workshop in this course. I…
Tuesday 8 July 2025: Cover work
After a lovely break in Stratford last week, yesterday was back to normal, apart from having grand-doggy #1 with us to get us up on time. We were both exhausted…
Friday 4 July 2025: Short break in Stratford
On Thursday we were up bright and early and on our way to Stratford-upon-Avon. Some people I’d worked with 30 years ago were having a reunion, and they invited us…
Tuesday 17 June 2025: Good work rhythm
I was up on time on Friday, and instead of reading a newspaper or playing a game, once I’d fed and watered the garden birds, I read a short story…
Tuesday 10 June 2025: Lazy-ish weekend
I had a very busy week last week. Most days were 12-hour days, minus 3 x 1-hour breaks, so I suppose 9-hour days, but they were still long and busy….
Friday 6 June 2025: Friday already!
We noticed another casualty among our garden birds. One of the blackbirds, a male, but not sure how old he is, has lost his tail feathers. He looks a bit…
Wednesday 5 March 2025: Publication day!
Monday was publication day for Ash Wednesday, Flash Fiction #13. The plan was to plug it yesterday, as Monday’s post was the month ahead. But I missed yesterday too, so…
Thursday 27 February 2025: Smashwords 2025 Read an Ebook Week
As it was Wednesday, I had a midweek shopping errand to run. I’m keeping the midweek shopping errand. It gets the car out and moves my body on top of…
Tuesday 14 January 2025: The thaw begins
Over the weekend I’d kind of decided to take the pressure off myself and only write an assignment for the space opera workshop if something grabbed me. I’m really not…
Monday 13 January 2025: Space opera workshop starts today
We had a late start on Friday. A very late start. And I’d finished work late the day before and not had chance to pre-write and schedule Friday’s blog post….
Wednesday 4 December 2024: My 12-project planner
Isn’t my 12-project planner wonderful? I keep mentioning it, so I thought I ought to at least give you a hint of what it looks like. This image is of…
Tuesday 3 December 2024: Catching up
Gosh, what a lot of catching up I have to do today…Where did I leave you? Oh yes, Wednesday… I didn’t feel very well on Wednesday. During Monday night…
Thursday 21 November 2024: That was the day that was
We were up with the lark on Wednesday because the plumber was coming. He got here at 10am and had to crawl up into the loft. The loft hatch is…
































