Well, for the first time this year I have an opening sentence. I have a couple of vague images to help me on my way. I have an even vaguer inkling of where we may end up.

Looks like I'm starting something new! I don't know how long, or short, it will be yet but at least it looks like it will be ( Read more... )

A while ago I said that my days were going backwards - I was only getting going by the time I had to get ready for bed again.

Well, now the procedure seems to have slammed into reverse.  This morning, for example. was not the usual -  admittedly rubbish - routine of sleep until 11 am, stagger round until 1pm, begin to engage brain by 3pm etc.

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I'm educating myself this week.  Education is a life-long process, I'm told.

I've learned what the sort-of-Roman-nail-with-thingybobble,  star of my last post, is actually called.  It's a building pin, which doesn't sound half so thrilling as it should.  But if you go to page 942 of the Screwfix catalogue, you can see one in action, holding a ( Read more... )

Like whittling that 4,444 word story down still more before I build it back up again (removed 1500 words so far - yay! And it still stinks. Boo ( Read more... )

I must not log on until the evening
I must not log on until the evening
I must not log on until the evening
I must not log on until the evening
I must not log on until the evening.....  [Repeat until fade]

And a new resolution:

Get this short story finished, polished and submitted somewhere before my birthday.

I've had most of the afternoon to myself.  It's been nice.

I spent a while in the garden, being tormented by brambles and willow herb.  I downloaded a few more icons and added words to 'em, then I uploaded them again.   ( I have 60 now.  It's still not enough *g* )

I joined the Wonderlands thingy that
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I couldn't keep quiet, could I?  I had to go bouncing into 
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Alright. I am. But it's in a very good cause. *thinks....*

I'm cheering myself up. Yes. And I'm indulging my favourite obsession to do that.  Well, one of them.

I mean,  what could be more delightful than stoats? Really. Just look.



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I don't usually go for full arm tattoos, but this is rather lovely .

Sorry, there's no direct address to the image - you have to go in, click on "Tattoos" and it's the fourth one down on the right.

ETA:  You can now click on the thumbnail to go to it.  It's the one called "Muninn Hawthorne".