Once upon a time, there were three posts a week. And for a time before that, there was one a day. In the early days of the blog, heady with capturing the experiences of the year, there were several posts a day. (I was trying to offer an alternative to the Christmas roundrobin, putting stories …
Category archives: Writing
Moments: November 2014
November is a funny month. Not in a funny ha-ha way – not enough ice lollies for that. It’s not as busy as October, which includes a school holiday. Nor yet as hectic as December, for obvious reasons. There is activity around the corner, but you can hide from it in November, for the most …
Game on: revisiting games
Some time back, I found myself writing about games. Winning, losing – definitely taking part. Games seem bigger on the radar again. Junior is involved, but so is Mini. They have their different likes and dislikes. Mini and I play different games quite a lot. It seems to work for us both. I like the fact …
What do you write when
This isn’t a scheduling question. It’s a content question. What do you write when you want to write, but what sits in front of you is not for public airing? You could argue that hasn’t stopped lots of people – in fact, there’d be precious little reality TV without it. But reality TV is planned …
Moments: October 2014
Having reminded myself not to worry about how often I write, I now feel ready for a bit of a Moments round-up. Another month is whizzing by, and I feel the need to pin a few pieces of it down. Fresh moments seem as plentiful as leaves on the tree. You think they’ll stay just …