By my normal writing calendar, June is the wrong time of the year for this. September, October, shortening days, interest in being indoors more -Â that’s the time for writing. Except that’s not how it’s been of late. Mainly because of the lack of words. Not speaking words, you understand. Speaking words we do a lot. …
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Weekly snapshot: 4 Feb (almost)
You’d think it wasn’t too hard to write a post a week. Four weeks into my imposed writing routine, evening outing plus tiredness sets in on a Thursday night…no post. Rather than berating myself, let’s just pretend it’s still 4 February, and go for it. OK? — The half-yearly visit to the dentist is upon …
Weekly snapshot: 28 January
Storm brewing outside. We’ve let the kids know that it’s going to be noisy, but they are safe inside. I think they believe us (mostly). I feel a bit the same, writing. Some days, it seems a gale goes on before I can sit down and write, and I’m only really writing once a week. But …
Weekly snapshot: 21 January
Enjoying silence tonight. (So far, anyway. Mini’s got a cold.) I love those points when the house shuts down for the night, and there is a chance for some brain space. What to say of the last week? —- Peter Rabbit reigns supreme just now. Kind relatives bought Mini the whole set of Beatrix Potter …
Weekly snapshot: 14 Jan
I’d like to find the right words to describe the sky today. Cold, bright, slightly ruffled clouds. The kind of winter day that lifts you up; the kind that also has you doing the morning footwear calculation for the kids. Shoes or boots? Boots (wellies) won out, which was just as well: there were some …