Relentless
This week has been utterly relentless so far. No one thing has stood out - each day has just felt like an endless train of one thing after another. It doesn’...
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It begins with hello
I need to stop burning the candle at both ends. I think perhaps the key might be learning to say “no” more often. I find it really difficult though - saying ...
When the walls fall
It’s been a strange sort of day. After an hour clearing the chaos caused by the rest of the family making breakfast, lunches and hot drinks, I settled into a...
Five Minutes to Midnight
The Universe seems to be playing games with me at the moment. You know those (completely unrealistic) ideas I had about making time to write early in the mor...
A Slippery Slope
I have just installed the free trial of Scrivener. I’m using it to write this. I don’t know how long I’m allowed to use it for before I have to pay for it. L...
Lifes too short
For the last several days I’ve been turning the idea over and over in my head about buying a copy of Scrivener. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a word proc...
Forgetting to Live
I’m watching the clock. Watching and waiting. Waiting for my phone to vibrate, and my daughter’s voice to ask when I’m picking her up. She works in a pub in ...
Marmalade on Toast
I didn’t used to eat breakfast. Back when I cycled to work I would scrape myself out of bed each morning, have a shower, wrap up warm, down a hastily made co...
You should write a novel
I went out for a walk in the woods with a good friend at the weekend - a much needed escape from “normal” for an hour - accompanying her dog as he wandered t...
A Walk in the Woods
After clearing the washing up, filling the washing machine for the second time, and preparing to walk into town to buy groceries this morning, my phone vibra...