Older Persons Day?

It is. Or it was. 1 October 2020. Yes, yesterday. I forgot. It happens. I'm old enough to not worry about the little things. And what is the theme for this lovely little international day for oldies? The decade of Healthy Ageing (I always have to look up whether to put that 'e' in there), …

Trigger Warnings — Two

The general consensus to the question about whether to put a trigger warning on a book seems to be 'No' based on the responses to the last post, which got a lot of comments. But that doesn't mean I can get away with not using the overt design features to warn and advise. Starting from …

TDF

There's a lot of stuff around the world that's stopped for this year, but when I found out the TDF was going ahead, I adapted my routine to ensure I got to see at least some of it. Okay, all of it. No sleep, no proper meals, a complete change of schedule. Except the writing, …

Mid-August, already?

First, the What? An update, short and sweet. The back is not behaving, and much as I try to scroll through the WP feed, I fail to get far. Keeping up, but not regularly. I'm still here, and there will be a return. When? When the back is good enough to park me in the …

Then …

Young enough to know better, old enough to not care. This was the lady-bike, the other one was a Yamaha 900. Now ... Old enough to know better, young enough to dare the attempt to fly! The next one would be post-2020 troubles, but I'll leave that for a future dream. And in case you're …

FOWC – Penchant, not Pedant

This guy: does this thing and offers up a word to make a few words of wasteful wantoness. Not really, but today for me is a day of whimsy. I'm not editing, so this state of mind is a way to play out a story. I have a penchant for wilderness writing, childish writing, overly …

Which Way?

Hmmm, might have been a while since I posted. The good news is that I've almost finished the editing on the story for submission (oh, last week? Well, this week it will be submitted -- not out of time yet). I'm sure I spend more time editing than doing the first draft (even if the …

Timber and Decks

There are so many shows on telly and other tubes about houses, restoration, renovations, and so on, that I don't expect to see some of the things I see. Looking at houses for sale, looking at how people do nice stuff to make their homes attractive, and the things that stick out to me aren't …

An Idea

It's been on the backburner for a while, and as I have so much trouble staying online for more than half a minute at a time, this is what you get. It's a bit of fun, and one day it may be a real story. This is how my stories start life: Two: Robbers, Roos …

Shd’ve Waited

For the re-opening of the shearers I cut my hair. It was long. Now it's not. Mostly. There's that one bit ... Or maybe a few chunks Back there Unseen From this side. Whoops! Maybe I should do something else with it ... Ta-daaa! from pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/hair-colourful-punk-portrait-4308666/Am definitely Not, Not, NOT going to show mine …