my fiction
Where do I get my ideas from? Sometimes I pair randomly selected careers with types of conflict. Here’s what came out of pairing forester with theology: In a village between forests, a middle aged priest goes about his week, pleasant to some and unpleasant to others. The mayor goads
my fiction
I have a note here that must have been a story idea. A poet embedded herself with trust fund spiritualists at the home of a man of state whose letters are being assessed for publication. That's a setup not a plot, of course. I think I meant the
journalling
I went out of the city and got some video at the weekend
crafts
I'm surprised at myself for buying stamps, honestly, I've been watching other women's bullet journaling or art journaling with stamps for years and not given in to the impulse until now. They're absolutely delightful stamps. The next thing I need to learn
Leaving this here as a marker that this was the date I started the Substack that went nowhere.
spring
I'm far too old to say I don't fit in. I pay for music, have a favourite knife; I clean the shower tray and change the bin on Sunday nights - a regulated life. I'm far too rich to say I don't belong.
housework
I said I'd spend it on a new Leuchtturm but actually I might get rubber boots instead.
journalling
I bet more entertainment would result in more writing.
winter
I can look back at this week in previous years and see what the minimum really was.
winter
I did nothing but cuddle the puppy, crochet and take paracetamol.
gardening
Just in case she was being for real, I smiled happily and said "Yes, I am very lucky!"
gardening
It's been a good year for us. In the outside world it's been an appalling year, I don't trivialise that.