Other Writing – Page 25 – Everything Is Better With Dragons

Oh for crying out loud

I’ve just spent an hour carefully crafting a book review and all of it has disappeared when I press publish!

Beginning to get slightly miffed about this happening all the damn time.

Alone at Christmas

And it’s been so good for me.

I had a bad night and today hasn’t been much better but I’m getting my head sorted. The things that were worritting at me have been dealt with, and now I’m trying not to focus on them until they are resolved. I’ve done my part and I can’t control the rest. Continue reading “Tis the season to be jolly”

Gifts

It’s that time of year again boys and girls; inevitable trips to crowded malls and rammled shops. I hate it.

Continue reading “Gifts”

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.

Continue reading “Food!”

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…”