Musings :: Moments :: Memories
Back when I was pregnant with Austin, I started planning and writing a novel. I wrote little and infrequently. I found it hard to write with a newborn baby. I found it hard to write with my teaching job. To boost my word count, I went on a couple of writer's retreats, and every November,… Continue reading Dealing a New Hand
I read 46 books last year. This means I did not meet my 50 book challenge target but I am really happy with this number nonetheless. I have updated my Reading Challenge page so you can see what I read last year. Here are my top ten books for 2023: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross… Continue reading Reading in 2023
Watching: Slow Horses Season 2 on Apple TV+. We only just discovered this spy show with the fantastic Gary Oldman as lead. Gripping, funny and dramatic. My favourite combination. https://youtu.be/0rOPA8VfVn8?si=UXvwPOsGyDeEbA1k&t=2 Eating: Pizza at the Prezzo in Thame with my old university friends Caroline and Lee with their teenage girls. Reading: Beloved by Toni Morrison in… Continue reading Currently
This year I am so pleased with how much I accomplished from my list. Explore a town or city and discover something new about it. Read Beloved by Toni Morrison. - started reading! Finish the first draft of my novel (ever the optimist!). Find a writing accountability partner. Write a poem. Be brave and put… Continue reading 23 in 2023 Review
Looking at my 23 in 2023 List, there are only four things left that I haven't done. Here they are, from most likely to be completed to least: Embroider something There is still time for me to do this. I found this cute tutorial on YouTube and may well do this on Wednesday. https://youtu.be/WuYLU-faTvg?si=FO9iktoEMRUoyrcB Make… Continue reading 23 Things
I have read 44 books this year (including ebooks on Kindle and audiobooks). According to Goodreads, this means that I am three books behind schedule, but since I have a few on the go and some time away from work coming up, this is not worrying me. I am not even bothered if I hit… Continue reading December Reading
In previous years, most of my audiobook listening has been restricted to non-fiction, usually memoirs. Lately, though, I have been enjoying fiction - usually romance or fantasy (or the popular subgenre which combines the two: romantasy) The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Happy Place by Emily Henry - spicy romance Starling House by Alix E. Harrow… Continue reading Five Favourite Audiobooks of 2023
I was just clearing up some old files on my computer and I found some poetry I wrote for the first Creative Writing module of my Literature degree with the Open University. Some are completely cringeworthy and some are actually ok. This one made me laugh. 'I Wish' I wish I were brave:I could give… Continue reading Lost Poems
Yesterday, I spent some time with my lovely friend and work colleague who unfortunately suspects she has busted a ligament in her knee (it is still too swollen for them to say definitively). We had a bacon sandwich with chilli asparagus on the side which is pretty much the perfect lunch in my book, we… Continue reading When It Works
As I have already started my festive viewing, I thought I would make a list of all the must-see Christmas movies that I want to watch this Christmas season: 1. The Holiday - I usually reserve this for when I am wrapping presents as I know it so well. Are we ready for Jude Law… Continue reading Ten Festive Films
Notes From My Day 