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A meeting of the ways…

Detective Inspector David Snow… My office doesn’t look much like an office these days, what with catering to my suffering body, so I was very surprised when a familiar face appeared around the door. ‘Hi, Jaye. I thought I would pop in to see how you are. I heard the news and couldn’t believe…

May 8, 2025

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When is the best time to write?

The simple answer is that there is no right time to write. Whenever the mood takes you is a good answer. But what if that just isn’t happening? Is there a way to encourage your mood? I have read all the opinions of the experts, from forcing yourself to write anything for five minutes to…

May 6, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, #Fiction, #writing, blogging, books, frustration, inspiration, life in the raw, questions, sharing interests, Writing

#challenge, #writing, encouragement, inspiration, voiceofreason
My babies need me!

These are not mine, but I wish… I am temporarily unable to go outside (my sister is still unmovable about this), and I do understand her caution. However, having done both, I don’t think there’s much difference between falling on concrete and falling on carpet. I have had some spectacular falls, but the one that…

May 5, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, #trees, blogging, bonsai, disapointing, frustration, hope, memories, sharing interests, Worry

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Best day of the week…

Yesterday was my 81st birthday. This has rapidly become my 18th, thanks to my family’s sense of humour. I like the sound of that so hopefully it will stick! The family arrived just after lunch, filling the house with excited chatter and laughter. Add in the antics of a very cheeky one year old and…

May 3, 2025

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#Garden, #Life, #Love, birthday, blogging, bonsai, family, gardening
Slipping back into business…

Further news of my progress back to normal… pain seems to be easing a little, and the exercises are getting less painful, so I’m feeling very optimistic. Very slow going though… I have just finishing reading the existing chapters of Swan Song, my current WIP. and I am quite impressed with what I have written…

May 2, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, #Fiction, #journal, #reading, #Words, #writing, blogging, inspiration, life as an author, mystery, sharing interests, Writing

#SwanSong, #writing, blogging, books, inspiration, progress, Slipping Back into Business
Now it begins…

It is glorious outside. I can see the sunshine through my window, but it’s a bit grim being stuck in my office. I have just done the morning’s exercises and taken the pills. Now I am sitting here resting on my heat pad, trying to feel normal and wondering what to do with myself. I…

April 30, 2025

life as an author
Review for Rivers of London…

Book 1 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth. My story really begins…

April 29, 2025

life as an author

#Fantasy, book review, book-reviews, books, urban-fantasy
Coming Home…

nowhere near as gentle as this, believe me! Part One I was pleased to be leaving hospital, even though the news wasn’t good. They couldn’t do any more, it was completely down to me now. The hospital was crawling with virus’s, so it was not the place to hang around. I was determined to follow…

April 29, 2025

life as an author

#Fiction, #Life, #short story, #writing, travel
More about the beginning…

Just when I thought life could be any worse, it took such a nose dive it shook me to my core. It was Thursday, the day of my urology appointment. When I was wheeled into his office in a wheel chair, he was shocked and his face said it all. “You were only here a…

April 28, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, blogging, frustration, hope, life as an author, nightmares, trouble

#challenge, #determination, #frustration, #Pain, blogging
End of the road…

This isn’t me, I wasn’t laughing! I might have known I would end up here again… Turns out the excrutiating pain in my back and legs, is down to a seriously compressed nerve in my spine. I immediately thought the worst, that surgery was likely. But there is a drug that can slowly kill an…

April 27, 2025

#challenge, #journal, blogging, life as an author

#challenge, blogging, reflections

A meeting of the ways…

Detective Inspector David Snow… My office doesn’t look much like an office these days, what with catering to my suffering body, so I was very surprised when a familiar face appeared around the door. ‘Hi, Jaye. I thought I would pop in to see how you are. I heard the news and couldn’t believe…

May 8, 2025

#challenge, #Fiction, #writing, blogging, books, fun and games, inspiration, life as an author, questions, relationships, sharing interests, Writing

#challenge, #Fiction, #Life, #Love, #short story, #Visitor, #writing, blogging, David Snow, inspiration
When is the best time to write?

The simple answer is that there is no right time to write. Whenever the mood takes you is a good answer. But what if that just isn’t happening? Is there a way to encourage your mood? I have read all the opinions of the experts, from forcing yourself to write anything for five minutes to…

May 6, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, #Fiction, #writing, blogging, books, frustration, inspiration, life in the raw, questions, sharing interests, Writing

#challenge, #writing, encouragement, inspiration, voiceofreason
My babies need me!

These are not mine, but I wish… I am temporarily unable to go outside (my sister is still unmovable about this), and I do understand her caution. However, having done both, I don’t think there’s much difference between falling on concrete and falling on carpet. I have had some spectacular falls, but the one that…

May 5, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, #trees, blogging, bonsai, disapointing, frustration, hope, memories, sharing interests, Worry

#BonsaiSoil, #challenge, #memories, blogging
Best day of the week…

Yesterday was my 81st birthday. This has rapidly become my 18th, thanks to my family’s sense of humour. I like the sound of that so hopefully it will stick! The family arrived just after lunch, filling the house with excited chatter and laughter. Add in the antics of a very cheeky one year old and…

May 3, 2025

#challenge, blogging, fun and games, life as an author, relationships, sharing interests

#Garden, #Life, #Love, birthday, blogging, bonsai, family, gardening
Slipping back into business…

Further news of my progress back to normal… pain seems to be easing a little, and the exercises are getting less painful, so I’m feeling very optimistic. Very slow going though… I have just finishing reading the existing chapters of Swan Song, my current WIP. and I am quite impressed with what I have written…

May 2, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, #Fiction, #journal, #reading, #Words, #writing, blogging, inspiration, life as an author, mystery, sharing interests, Writing

#SwanSong, #writing, blogging, books, inspiration, progress, Slipping Back into Business
Now it begins…

It is glorious outside. I can see the sunshine through my window, but it’s a bit grim being stuck in my office. I have just done the morning’s exercises and taken the pills. Now I am sitting here resting on my heat pad, trying to feel normal and wondering what to do with myself. I…

April 30, 2025

life as an author
Review for Rivers of London…

Book 1 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth. My story really begins…

April 29, 2025

life as an author

#Fantasy, book review, book-reviews, books, urban-fantasy
Coming Home…

nowhere near as gentle as this, believe me! Part One I was pleased to be leaving hospital, even though the news wasn’t good. They couldn’t do any more, it was completely down to me now. The hospital was crawling with virus’s, so it was not the place to hang around. I was determined to follow…

April 29, 2025

life as an author

#Fiction, #Life, #short story, #writing, travel
More about the beginning…

Just when I thought life could be any worse, it took such a nose dive it shook me to my core. It was Thursday, the day of my urology appointment. When I was wheeled into his office in a wheel chair, he was shocked and his face said it all. “You were only here a…

April 28, 2025

#achievements, #challenge, blogging, frustration, hope, life as an author, nightmares, trouble

#challenge, #determination, #frustration, #Pain, blogging
End of the road…

This isn’t me, I wasn’t laughing! I might have known I would end up here again… Turns out the excrutiating pain in my back and legs, is down to a seriously compressed nerve in my spine. I immediately thought the worst, that surgery was likely. But there is a drug that can slowly kill an…

April 27, 2025

#challenge, #journal, blogging, life as an author

#challenge, blogging, reflections