It’s that time of year again boys and girls; inevitable trips to crowded malls and rammled shops. I hate it.
Author Archives: R Cawkwell
Hi I'm Rosemarie and I like to write. I write short stories and longer fiction, poetry and occasionally articles. I'm working on quite a few things at the minute and wouldn't mind one day actually getting published in print.
Winter Solstice
Today the North Pole will be as far from the Sun as it gets. It is Winter Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere. Continue reading “Winter Solstice”
Yule
The first night is here;
The first of twelve days and nights when the world stands still.Continue reading “Yule”
Sorry
I am a terrible blogger; the day job is paying the bills but it’s really cutting in to my reading/writing time. I am getting some writing done but at the expense of reading time. For this month and next it’s possible book reviews will be sparse. I am still reading, it is just taking longer.
Food!
Do you know my favourite thing about winter?
It’s that I can get the slow cooker out and make stew, or do a roast dinner, and the kitchen doesn’t itself become an oven. I’ve finally learnt how to make decent roasties as well. I’m not up to trying yorkshires yet though.
Now there’s a word I haven’t heard in a while…
I went to bed early last night (still ill 😦 so I’m getting tired easily); as a consequence I’m awake in the middle of the night. This is when my random ideas start to escape and if I don’t write them down I won’t get back to sleep.Continue reading “Now there’s a word I haven’t heard in a while…”
Work
I just need a little nap.
I’m not going to get one. My break ends in 15 minutes.
If I fall asleep on the desk, someone wake me up.
The Christmas Card Reciprocity Dilemma
I said I’d write about this, didn’t I?
The title is a misnomer really; it isn’t a dilemma for me. Small children and
Continue reading “The Christmas Card Reciprocity Dilemma”
Observe
As regular readers might have noticed, I went to Nottingham at the weekend. Unfortunately my preexisting cold has got worse because instead of spending the weekend wrapped up in bed drinking lots of hot lemon and honey I went out in to the world and tried to be normal.
Continue reading “Observe”
Recovery
Where the hell is the blog post I spent 45 minutes on this morning? I uploaded pictures from last night, commentary and everything. Drat it!
Everything Is Better With Dragons 