I began with openings, and now I’m going onto recurring phrases in children’s books. It’s not my intention to get overly stylistic about it. I have a notebook where I am starting to record ideas for writing about children’s books, and there are (unsurprisingly) many others that could clamour for attention. But a certain amount …
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Something else
I started writing another Lit Kid yesterday. In between holding the retching small frame, and the sick bowl, and the towel that got caught before the bowl was found. I started writing about kids’ books, partly to keep my head when all I could think about was that everything we offered was being thrown back …
Retirement starts here
A thought struck me today: and I’m going to have a go here at thinking it through. I’m thinking about that later life phase: those (hopefully) special times when we are free of responsibilities (or freer, at least); when availability of time is not an issue. What do people think about doing in retirement? Travel …
Archiving
Call it spring cleaning. Call it that desire that sets in, with the arrival of the new year, to sweep clean. (Or perhaps just to find homes for the new items that Christmas has brought.) Last year was all about moving items from room to room, as our building project was in full swing. A …
Inching my way
No, it’s not an advert for weigh loss at the start of the year. Nor is it stepping, gingerly, through ice and snow (my thoughts are with those in the US during freezing conditions). I’ve been a jogger (of sorts) for the last year and a bit. It’s to do with writing. Setting out for …