0 48  1 Comment on Friday 13 March 2026: Catching up
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Friday 13 March 2026: Catching up

By the end of play on Wednesday, my eyelids were drooping again and I felt as though I was dropping off again. I’ve noticed just lately if I spend too…

0 54  2 Comments on Thursday 12 March 2026: Nanna napping
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Thursday 12 March 2026: Nanna napping

I finished an hour early on Tuesday. I was so tired, all I wanted to do was go and take a nanna nap. I had a nap on Sunday and…

0 55  2 Comments on Wednesday 11 March 2026: Back into the swing
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Wednesday 11 March 2026: Back into the swing

Tuesday was all about getting back into the swing of things. I’d had a lazy few days and I’d let a few things slip. And it was time to pull…

0 53  2 Comments on Tuesday 10 March 2026: Meal plans & shopping lists
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Tuesday 10 March 2026: Meal plans & shopping lists

I didn’t manage a lot of work on Friday. In fact, looking at my diary, it looks like I didn’t do any work at all. I didn’t do any workshops….

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Book Review: A Cold Heart by Doug Sinclair

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of A Cold Heart by Doug Sinclair. This is Book 4 in the DS…

0 132  4 Comments on Friday 6 March 2026: The plumber and the roofer…
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Friday 6 March 2026: The plumber and the roofer…

Write a story around that! Friday already…The week seems to have disappeared into a puff of smoke. I barely got a thing done yesterday. In fact, I didn’t get a…

0 141  2 Comments on Thursday 5 March 2026: Internet outage
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Thursday 5 March 2026: Internet outage

I woke up with all good intentions yesterday morning, on time and everything. I had my dirty cuppa, but I didn’t have a quiet hour because I’d already reported a…

0 125  2 Comments on Wednesday 4 March 2026: Clear as mud
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Wednesday 4 March 2026: Clear as mud

I’ve been a day behind on the blog all week, and this one should have been posted yesterday. But yesterday’s ended up being the Hello, March! post, and Monday’s, which…

0 120  2 Comments on Tuesday 3 March 2026: Hello, March!
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Tuesday 3 March 2026: Hello, March!

So here we are in March. Already. I should have done today’s post last week and scheduled it to post yesterday. But as I’ve mentioned a few times already, I…

0 108  2 Comments on Monday 2 March 2026: February wrap-up!
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Monday 2 March 2026: February wrap-up!

This is how busy I was last week. I didn’t even schedule the wrap-up post for today and I’m having to do it right now. February in all was a…

0 273  2 Comments on Friday 27 February 2026: Bye, bye, Hawley 💙
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Friday 27 February 2026: Bye, bye, Hawley 💙

Gosh, yesterday was busy. I thought Tuesday and Wednesday had been busy, but along came Thursday, saying, ‘hold my coat!’ The day started with the poet opening his presents and…

0 104  2 Comments on Thursday 26 February 2026: Oops, I missed a day…
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Thursday 26 February 2026: Oops, I missed a day…

Oh my goodness. I missed on a couple of counts yesterday. First of all, I had such a stupid day on Tuesday proving I’m not a money launderer, I just…

0 138  3 Comments on Tuesday 24 February 2026: World Bartenders’ Day
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Tuesday 24 February 2026: World Bartenders’ Day

How was your weekend? Did you have a good one? Friday I was busy all day and the first thing I did once I hit my desk, after playing with…

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Book Review: A Deadly Flame by Doug Sinclair

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of A Deadly Flame by Doug Sinclair. This is Book 3 in the DS…

0 181  2 Comments on Friday 20 February 2026: Love Your Pet Dog Day
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Friday 20 February 2026: Love Your Pet Dog Day

Apparently, it’s Love Your Pet Dog Day today. I don’t think I need to say we love our pet dogs every day, and everyone else’s too! I’m late again today,…

0 175  2 Comments on Thursday 19 February 2026: Tug of War Day
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Thursday 19 February 2026: Tug of War Day

Apparently, it’s Tug of War Day today. I can’t remember the last time I participated in a proper tug of war, or even watched one in action. Saying that, I…

0 159  2 Comments on Wednesday 18 February 2026: Ash Wednesday
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Wednesday 18 February 2026: Ash Wednesday

It was Shrove Tuesday yesterday, and that makes it Ash Wednesday today. I wrote a short story a long time ago called Ash Wednesday. It was broadcast on BBC Radio…

0 144  2 Comments on Tuesday 17 February 2026: Pancake Day
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Tuesday 17 February 2026: Pancake Day

It’s pancake day today, one of my favourite days of the year. I love pancakes, but I’ve never, ever been successful at making any. I always end up with either…

0 166  2 Comments on Monday 16 February 2026: The Year of the Horse
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Monday 16 February 2026: The Year of the Horse

Today’s post should have been a book review, but I didn’t have one ready. So it’s the Friday/weekend catchup instead. And as tomorrow’s blog title will be ‘Pancake Day’, I…

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Something for the Weekend: The Girl on the Bench

This short story will only be available on this platform for 7 days. A male blackbird foraged for the last of the berries on the hawthorn while his mate tugged…

0 180  2 Comments on Friday 13 February 2026: Galentine’s Day
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Friday 13 February 2026: Galentine’s Day

Apparently it’s Galentine’s Day today. Hands up everyone who’s heard of Galentine’s Day? I certainly hadn’t. So of course, off I pootled to find out what it’s all about, and…

0 191  2 Comments on Thursday 12 February 2026: Freedom!
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Thursday 12 February 2026: Freedom!

Another lazy start to the day yesterday as I headed off for my last (hopefully) appointment for the light therapy treatment. The dogs hadn’t kept us awake half the night,…

0 164  2 Comments on Wednesday 11 February 2026: Short n sweet
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Wednesday 11 February 2026: Short n sweet

I had a nice, leisurely start to the day on Tuesday. The poet was up and away early and I was able to go back to bed…until the dogs decided…

0 201  2 Comments on Tuesday 10 February 2026: So much rain
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Tuesday 10 February 2026: So much rain

Friday Friday started as usual with my dirty cuppa and my quiet hour. I didn’t get any reading done, and my reading hour does seem to have slipped off the…