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Busy Writing…

Jul 10, 2026

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This hot weather has been making life unbearable, but I have found a cool spot in my office and have been writing my socks off! Anita loves football, and has been glued to the TV, watching every match. I like a good match, but it is so hot in the front room. Five minutes in…

A Touch of Magic: reviewing the Secret Library. #fiction #review #Magic

Jul 10, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #book tour, #Fiction, #Magic, #New Release, #reading, #Words, #writing, blogging, books, inspiration, promotion, review, sharing interests, Writing

‘The perfect book to curl up with, whether beach or fireside. I absolutely loved it!’ Celia Anderson Book editor Lucy Thomas has just inherited her grandmother’s windswept Cornish home, and with it, a library bathed in sunlight, a spiral staircase that leads to secrets, and a battered box filled with unfinished stories… To honour her…

The Love of a Cat…

Jul 6, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #journal, beautiful things, blogging, haunting, memories, sadness, sharing interests

remember Milo? I often think of Milo, our cheeky marmalade kitten. He is no longer with us, he was sadly run over on the road outside our house. None of us have gotten over the loss of such an adorable character. This story has been triggered by another visit by his feline buddy, the small…

Sunday Thoughts and Flowers…

Jul 5, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #achievements, #Colours, #journal, #Weather, #writing, beautiful things, blogging, flowers, gardening, photography, sharing interests, Writing

This is Myrtle, and I never expected to see this display of flowers this year. Anita had it trimmed, as it was growing like crazy, and that, I thought, was that. ( I really miss not being in control of the gardening!) But, as you can see, it has more than made up for the…

A New beginning and a Review…

Jul 2, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

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I was busy going about all the daily jobs this morning, not a care in the world. Happy to be able to do anything, really. It was a when I stopped for a quick rest, that my mind had other ideas. First, it supplied me with a long list of things I should be doing…

Can two wrongs make a right?

Jun 30, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #achievements, #challenge, #Fiction, #journal, #writing, blogging, health, inspiration, life as an author, sharing interests, Writing

I was thinking back to when I started writing Swan Song, my latest detective mystery, and how it was supposed to answer all the questions I had at the time. That by sorting out the problems my detective, David Snow had, I would probably sort my own. We were both fast approaching our own swan…

Sunday Thoughts…

Jun 28, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #journal, #Weather, blogging, frustration, life in the raw, nightmares, sharing interests

This week has not been very productive, as we have been subjected to the severe temperatures of a heatwave. Nearly 40 degrees! Towards the end of the week, we really thought we were dying, we couldn’t keep cool or move around much. The heat stole our strength, leaving us barely conscious. The extreme heat warning…

A heatwave and a load of viruses…

Jun 23, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #achievements, #challenge, #journal, #trees, #Weather, blogging, bonsai, fun and games, inspiration, life as an author, sharing interests

More ups and downs yesterday, but nothing disastrous. At least, I didn’t think so until late in the afternoon when we were attacked. Something called Mcafee rushed to tell me we had just been attacked by seven viruses. One phone call to Eset, our security system, soon sorted that out. This was after a very…

The End of a Brilliant Week…

Jun 21, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #achievements, #challenge, #journal, #trees, #writing, blogging, bonsai, books, disapointing, frustration, fun and games, health, sharing interests, Writing

This week has been full of ups and downs, and some of the downs have been spectacularly bad. After everything I have had to put up with the past year, I thought I had beaten the miseries, but it turns out I am human after all. But enough about that… I have been doing some…

A Ghost from the Past…

Jun 19, 2026

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #journal, blogging, haunting, hope, life as an author, memories, relationships, sharing interests

While I was watching Comic Relief on TV a while back, I found myself coming face to face with myself.. A young girl was remembering her past, and as I listened, it was as though it was me talking. She described my childhood so well that I had to choke back the tears. I remembered…

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