And so, my first ever blog post started with ‘Hello, world. Is this thing on?’ So let’s go there again. Also, how the hell are ya? I wrote a BUNCH of words last year, but only 3 or 4 blog posts. Hi, again. As an update to my wheelchair-accessible house wish list, we found one, and are in the midst of making it even more accessible. And also generally modernising a 1950s bungalow. I not-so secretly call our crew the…
I twirl the ring on my right hand. I used to study my grandmother’s wedding ring on her left hand, and make wishes on it. These days I wear another ring of hers, and I twirl it when I’m nervous or happy or anything. I twirl it when I need her. And she comes through. When I’m sad, I eat. Most Sunday and Wednesday nights of my childhood were spent at my Nana’s kitchen table with her saying ‘Do you…
I’ve been looking through my recent posts, and noticed we haven’t had a coffee talk in a while, so hi. How are you, really? I’m at the point were I want to blog regularly, however sometimes I lack the headspace to do it, so if we were having coffee, please consider this a clean slate. Like, you know those people who make to-do lists to actually get stuff done? Yeah, I’m not one of those people. But I do try.…
The product links in this post are Amazon affiliate links, I make a small commission if you make a UK or US purchase through them, at no extra cost to you. Read my disclosure here And so, the fam and I have a wedding to go to pretty soon. I never knew I could stress so much over someone else’s wedding. The last wedding Neil and I went to (that wasn’t our wedding) turned out to be five days before Isla…
And so, I got two emails recently. One from a writer friend asking how NaNoWriMo is going, and one from another writer friend about a probably inaccessible writing retreat that promised to unleash my creativity. Well. I got news. My creativity is fine. I don’t need a writing retreat. What I need is a baby-sitter and a drink. And possibly someone to unplug the Netflix. Saying that, check out these 30 ways Netflix can improve your writing. And so, I’m…
