Monday 9 December It’s been a little while, right friends? Sorry about that. Study deadlines and illness combined in a rather contentious cocktail I now call ‘No Blog For You’. I didn’t like it very much. Quite bitter. I DID like finishing my Honours year and handing in my exegesis (a sort of explanatory essay about the research and the creative work, in case you were thinking ‘what the heck?’) and my long short story. That felt good. I learned…

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Friday 13 September Friday the thirteenth? This is an outrage. No wonder there was a weird atmosphere when I was out and about in the morning. But I’m jumping forward, aren’t I? Let’s go back to the start … I woke up late – at eight – with no nightmares that I remembered, so that is excellent. I got dressed first thing, then made myself some cheese on toast and a cup of tea and watched a bit of YouTube…

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Monday 2 September Gosh. The wind was so bad last night! The neighbourhood was banging and shaking. Our house was shuddering and clattering. I hardly slept and now I feel like a bag of old potatoes, all sad and sorry and shattered. Hopefully we dont get too many more days of this weather as it’s nerve wracking and noisy. Breakfast was Bratwursts sizzled with onions and tucked into a roll with cheese, mustard and spicy sauce.  After brekk I did…

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Sorry to be absent for a couple of weeks, pals. I’ve been sicker than usual and there was not much to write about. This week, however, I have conjured up some everydayness because I miss writing here when I don’t. I got a little bit lost, didn’t I? Monday 26 August Doctor’s visit is first cab off the rank today. I’m going to talk about EMDR therapy (the tappy-looky one) as a few people have said it’s a good treatment…

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I thought I’d do something different here today, because I was unable to write for a few days last week, and also because I feel like doing something different. I’ll post my weekly on Wednesday or Thursday, perhaps. But now I’m going to – inspired and informed by Leonie – write along to Moon List’s prompts. (You can choose the ‘free subscriber’ option and still read the prompts. ) This bundle of suggestions by Leigh is themed for a northern…

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Monday 29th July A wintery Monday morning called for seedy toast with a scrambled egg, a slice of bacon, a handful of cherry tomatoes and a slice of Havarti cheese. Just add a spoonful of hot sauce and a giant cup of tea and it’s an excellent day-starter. First port of call was to get this week’s Monday blog post up, so I did that, diligently editing photos and adding descriptions and trying to remember to add all the links…

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