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Disconnect

noun: a situation in which two or more things are not connected in the way that they should be (Cambridge dictionary) I tried to look it that definition in MrS's 'The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles Vol I A - M' but it wasn't there. But perhaps that's not a surprise because it…Read more Disconnect

February strikes again

Grief is a slippery beast. I've explored that in my novel* Don't worry that's not a spoiler, it's not out in the world. Yet? And it's not entirely doom and gloom, there are jokes. At least two. It can jump out at you from nowhere, grief, not my novel. Or even hide. And reaction to…Read more February strikes again

Wave goodbye, stay hello

Autumn, the time for new beginnings. New school terms, ok here in Scotland that happened last month but bear with me. A new title for my blog, nothing huge, but more what I'm doing right now, Edinburgh's the furthest I've travelled since December 2019. And I'm really not a positive enough person to always write…Read more Wave goodbye, stay hello

Think of a number

One hundred and seventy two days ago I completed my first piece of 'writing homework'. Ninety nine days have passed since my last post. In this time I've watched 4 Finnish and 1 Norwegian crime dramas. I had forty six days during Lent when I didn't eat cake, chocolate, or biscuits. There have been far…Read more Think of a number

Playing with imaginary friends

I never did as a child. Have imaginary friends that is. If I'm honest I found it an odd thing to understand. But lately I spend each afternoon "playing" with my imaginary friends. Gilly, Jamie, Jeannie, Bee, Malcolm those are their names. "I'm real, play with me instead" I control their lives, their thoughts. And…Read more Playing with imaginary friends

The days getting longer

It's over a month since my last post, so much for good intentions. I'd planned on a post per week, obviously that hasn't happened, but have stuck to my to some other resolutions. It's Lent again so I've waved goodbye to cake, biscuits, and chocolates, three weeks down, three to go. I haven't been as…Read more The days getting longer

Paris

One of my favourite Tv programmes of the moment is "Call my Agent!", set in a Parisian talent agency, it's our French fix now that we've finished Spiral . I've written about these programmes before, twice in the case of Spiral. But watching Call my Agent! has provoked my itchy feet. I've missed travelling. When…Read more Paris

Contemplating weighty matters on my daily walk

Joking! It was more a free form meander. My walk on the other hand followed a path I've taken before. I started off by wondering how my sister was, she slipped on ice yesterday and fractured her wrist. And that started me picturing the road where she'd slipped. And thinking, when was I there last?…Read more Contemplating weighty matters on my daily walk

New year, new challenge

Well here we are three hundred plus days since the first big restrictions and twenty four into our latest lockdown. Days are falling into a pattern again , walk, lunch chores, read/craft/admin, supper, tv. Mondays are for quizzing, Tuesday is movie night, last week The Godfather which MrS had never seen, this week Mank, Mondays…Read more New year, new challenge

Television

Today a friend posted on FB that they hadn't watched TV for 39 (I think that was the number) weeks. If I were to guess I'd say that was around the start of our first lockdown. My friend posted this fact with a certain amount of pride and it got me thinking. Well more accurately,…Read more Television