Preface
After wondering what on earth I might write for NaNoWriMo this year, it finally dawned on me that an Autobiography might be a good idea. I have an entire uni...
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1973
In the annuls of history, perhaps 1973 won’t go down as one of the more notable years. It doesn’t have the same instant recognition as 1066, 1492, of 1984. A...
Halloween
On the way home from work tonight I passed a family getting out of a car in a road not far from home, and overheard the Dad say to the children “don’t worry ...
Sunday Seven
The house is ready for Halloween party tomorrow night. I have no idea why we have invited friends to our house again. * As the years go by, I ...
Clothes Shopping
I don’t like shopping for clothes. There. I said it. I’m not entirely sure why, either. Perhaps it’s the label victims wandering around stores - the people t...
Slow Saturdays In Radiator Springs
I’m not entirely sure that I’ve woken up yet, which feels like a ridiculous thing to write, because it’s after 4pm. It doesn’t help that I was up until 2am m...
Preparing For Nanowrimo
Before describing what I’ve spent the greater part of the evening doing, it’s probably worth dispelling a few myths, or preconceptions. I work as a software ...
Friday Morning 9Am
At 6:45am on a weekday our house lurches into life. The heating timer ticks over, and a quiet thunder of hot water rumbles through pipes throughout the house...
Pantsing Nanowrimo
Apparently my approach to NaNoWriMo this year is a method known as “pantsing” it - or rather to describe more fully, doing it by the seat of my pants. I gues...
Aligning The Planets
I pulled the trigger on something this morning. Something I have been thinking about for some time. I guess you could call it “aligning the planets”, but you...