The summer was a strange one. It was slow and relaxing but with bouts of chaos punctuating it throughout. We had a wonderful holiday in Minorca, which was a blur of sunshine, sightseeing, swimming, and reading interrupted by 'Mum, watch this!' every few minutes - which, to be clear, I did not mind in the… Continue reading Hello September
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April Things
April was a busy month with travel, reading but absolutely no writing at all. This is a quick rundown of what happened around here in April: Health: I tackled an issue which I had been trying to ignore by seeing a private GP and then a specialist. I saw my physio for the last time… Continue reading April Things
My New Dressing Table
One of my 25 things for 2025 was to get myself a dressing table and organise the drawer. After a trip to Ikea, we set up this Malm dressing table which is perfect as it is quite shallow but it has a big drawer for all the makeup and skin care bits. Also not pictured… Continue reading My New Dressing Table
Seasons
Anyone who knows me knows that I am very fond of autumn. It has been my favourite season for some time and I have very much enjoyed thinking of appropiate seasonal activities including books to read, things to bake, crafts to do and places to visit. How we are in the dead of winter -… Continue reading Seasons
Time travel
We refined my new reading spot over the weekend with a chair which is actually comfortable to sit in and so I spent a few minutes there enjoying the new space, reading an old journal. I have so many journals which have just the first 10-20 pages with writing and I was thinking I should… Continue reading Time travel