Wind days, hospital marketing, and a novelist’s ode to post-it notes.
We have ‘snow days’ in Britain, but for the first time, the children are off school because of the wind. Unfortunately for them, COVID means teachers have wised up about…
Category: Organisation
Tumble-driers, novel middles and a kanban board.
Lots of things going on this week: We went out to a French restaurant to celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary. I am a fan of cream-based cuisine (and my husband).…
Is this the end of the confessional blog?
Let’s be honest, it’s easier to write a confessional blog, if you have something to confess. For a moment, thinking over this week, I was concerned. As long-term readers will…
7 tricks I use to make myself write.
It’s hard to explain why people like me, who want to write lots of books, sometimes find it so hard to write a sentence. In honour of National Novel Writing…
Identity crisis: am I turning into an organised extravert?
Hello again. I had a lovely day yesterday, full of other humans. And today, I have more interaction planned. Nick and I have a birthday drop-in, the vet and a…
Order, twenty years of something inexplicably working and a new puppy.
The children went back to school this week. Love my children, love spending time with them, but thank goodness for teachers – people who know what kids should be doing…
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