From thefridayfive

1. Where do you get ideas/inspo for your writing?

The ideas just come to me, really. I think think about ideas, often while I'm lying in bed with insomnia.

2. Do you have a favorite place to write?

Almost always at home in my living/kitchen area.

3. What are your tricks for getting through writers block?

"Sleep on it" is always a good ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I spent a lot of the day at work on learning events; a course on designing towns with women and girls in the morning, and then a photography course in the afternoon. We did a bit of a walk around and put into practise some of the skills we'd discussed, like using the grid option on the phone camera to help keep photos straight; I liked ( Read more... )

From thefridayfive

1. Do you like soup?

Yes, definitely, I do a lot.

2. What is your favorite soup?

It always has to be tomato soup; the tinned stuff; Heinz, delicious flavour.

3. What kind of soup would you like to try, but never have?

Well, I always wondered what turtle soup would be like, so I'll say that.4. Is stew just a soup with extra ingredients ( Read more... )

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I'm seeing family today; going out to celebrate a birthday. I had to change my plans late on, but always important to be there for family ( Read more... )

Latest thefridayfive post.

1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid?

I couldn't stand Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney; too pretentious, and without a lot happening.

2. If you take a book on vacation, are you more likely to take something you haven't read yet or an old favorite?

I ( Read more... )

One of those days when I find myself having to say no to the most tantalising last-minute offers, one lunch with friends because of a meeting and also a pub visit with a friend, just so I could make it to taekwon-do easily, and there's always a bit of my head telling me I could have gone along for half an hour and made it to taekwon-do, but also ( Read more... )

1. What's the strangest, unexplainable incident you have experienced or have heard of?

Lots of choice in the Bible; I immediately thought of the feeding of the five thousand; that had to take some kind of magic on Jesus' part.

2. Which mythical creatures or cryptids do you think are most likely to exist or have existed?

Well, definitely the Loch ( Read more... )

This week's thefridayfive

1. What is the last shower thought you had (aka random thought in the shower or during downtime)

Absolutely no idea; maybe: "This shower isn't up to much", when I chose the one in the local pool that turned to be just a dribble of water.

2. What is the last thing you changed your mind about?

Well, this evening I changed my mind ( Read more... )

1. Do you believe that music can have a direct effect on your life?

Not sure - perhaps; certainly some of the songs I heard when I was a kid affected my musical tastes; a lot of Paul Simon.

2. What is your current favorite song?

It will always be Queen's Don't Stop Me Now3. What's the one song from junior high that you can still rattle off all ( Read more... )