Tag: the haunted house hotel
Friday 16 August 2024: Up to my neck in pictures
Oh, my goodness! I’ve only gone and chosen an image by the founder of Pixabay himself! The day started quite well yesterday. The plan was to finally send out…
Wednesday 14 August 2024: I wrote another short story…
It’s almost as though I do this kind of thing for a living! We were up with the larks again yesterday because my car was booked in for what we…
Tuesday 13 August 2024: Happy dentist
We went out on Sunday to get me a long grabby thing (long-handled litter-picker) so that when I’m walking around the garden, I can easily pick up windfall apples and…

Friday 9 August 2024: It’s NOT piracy – it’s deliberate 
After we got back from our tea the poet had some work to do, so while he did that I started to brainstorm my story for 12 STORIES IN 12…
Monday 22 July 2024: Busy week ahead
I was struggling a bit to get up a whole hour earlier, but while I had the dog with me, I had to get up earlier. So I compromised and…
Friday 19 July 2024: Free image Friday
Today’s free image was so cheerful and energetic, I just had to use it. I love yellow. The poet was up bright and early to head back to the midlands….
Thursday 18 July 2024: Announcement!
I had a bit of a slow, lazy start to the day yesterday. The temperature finally reached something close to ‘normal’ for summer and I thought it was too hot…
Tuesday 16 July 2024: The garden needs attention
We were up early because the poet was off to the midlands for a week-long business trip. The dog had a mad run around the garden, but then went back…
Friday 11 July 2024: I’m writing words!
We were up with the lark, or our lark at least, and off to the garage with the poet’s car. It was going in for its first MOT, a health…
Thursday 11 July 2024: Early mornings ahead
From today, we have a week-and-a-half of early starts. Today one of the cars has to go in for MOT and service. Tomorrow, we’re at the hospital. We have a…
Wednesday 3 July 2024: Productive day
After a bit of a rough night, we were up relatively early to take the poet to the dentist. He was full of cold (hence the rough night) and secretly…
Tuesday 2 July 2024: The month ahead
We had a lovely Friday/Saturday with grand-doggy #1. We took him for a stroll on Friday night and returned him to his humans at around 11:30 the following morning. We…
Thursday 27 June 2024: Success!
The plan was to step away from the newsletter for a day or so and get on with some other work. However, there was one thing I wanted to do:…
Monday 17 June 2024: Seem to be getting there
Friday morning began with the client edit pdf proof landing. This has also gone to the author and to a proofreader. Once we’ve all had a look, I’ll consolidate the…
Monday 10 June 2024: Playing with covers… (again)
While we were on holiday, I received an email every day from Jetpack telling me that my site was unresponsive. Usually less than an hour later, I had another email…
Friday 7 June 2024: Whoosh!
And there we have it. Another week gone by in a flash. I didn’t do a great deal yesterday other than cogitate all day over cosy mysteries. I had a…