Day 5 – 365 / January 5th 2015 On Saturday (3rd January) my beloved team, Bradford City, drew 3-3 away at Millwall in the FA Cup. Tonight, we were drawn away again in the fourth round. This time to the giants that are Chelsea, currently top of the Premier League. But, first, we have the…
Day 4 – 365
Day 4 – 365 / January 4th 2015 We went to a preview screening of “Into The Woods” and this is the sign for the screen it was showing on. I thought it made a nice image.
Day 3 – 365
Day 3 – 365 / January 3rd 2015 This is the building in the cemetery just across the road from our house. I presume it used to be the Chapel for services; it has lately been used by the local authority for the groundsman to store their equipment. We walk past it every day with…
Day 2 – 365
Day 2 – 365 / January 2nd 2015 This is Elphie The Mini Schnauzer – our new(ish) puppy. Taken in the evening as she was settling down on her fleece covered bean bag.
Day 1 – 365
Day 1 – 365 / January 1st 2015 Taken whilst tidying and taking down the Christmas trimmings. My quartet of Rupert The Bear teds; well, three teds and one glove puppet. Note that Rupert is a City fan too!
CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES No. 14: FINISH A SENTENCE
I GUESSED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG AS SOON AS I…. turned onto the street and pulled up to the house. She was always ready and waiting for me. She’d be peeping through the curtains of the bay windows each Sunday morning at eleven; handbag perched on her arm and keys in her hand, ready to…
CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES N0. 14: FINISH A SENTENCE
**Take 5 minutes to finish the following sentence** THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO THAT DAY WAS…… take that drive with her. The drive that I’d promised her, that she had painstakingly organised despite my protestations. “It’ll be fine”, she had always said, effortlessly sidestepping my objections and efforts to join in with her…
A Few Of My Favourite Things: #2 My Favourite Albums Of 2014
Okay. I know that they are called CD’s these days. But I am old enough to recall actually buying vinyl – before they became the latest hip, trendy thing to buy. Although, despite my age, I have graduated to a shelf full of CD’s and an iPod full of MR3’s, I still prefer to listen…
A Few Of My Favourite Things: My Favourite Books Of 2014
The past twelve months has seen me read around 35 novels to date. There is still tim to add to this tally. Of these, a few have annoyed me, most have kept me reasonably entertained and a few have delighted me. Here are my top five books I have read this year. 1. “A Man…
The Kerning is coming.
Great progress this evening. The background for Lister is coming along. He now has parents – with names and professions. They even have DOB’s!! And Lister now has a full name. But, I’m not going to tell you that yet. Sorry! The “Creative Writing Exercises for Dummies” book I invested in is paying off already….
Woe is thee!
I have to impart some grave news to my Lab (Lib) Rats. News that may well cause them to weep and beat at their breasts in anguish. Last Friday I bought myself an early Christmas gift from Waterstones in Leeds. A gift that i hope will give, and keep giving, me inspiration and encouragement as I…
LR#21: “A Place Called Winter” by Patrick Gale
Life is far too short. We are only here for our prescribed three score and ten and, having turned 46 in July of this year, I am well into my allocation. Yet, it has taken me all this time, excluding my early years when I couldn’t read, to come to a decision about my reading habits. So,…
My next Love Reading title is “A Place Called Winter” by Patrick Gale
My next book to review for the lovely Love Reading folk is “A Place Called Winter” by Patrick Gale. This will be my twenty first review for LR and, yet again, a novelist brand new to me. Thus far, the team at LR have been terrific in introducing myself and, no doubt, their other reviewers,…
LR#20: “The Life I Left Behind” by Colette McBeth
A cleverly constructed novel told from two interesting viewpoints with a pulsating ending. Melody, attacked and left for dead, is struggling to rebuild her life in the years following the assault. Then, soon after her attacker is released from prison another young woman, Eve, is discovered dead. Both attacks bear the same hallmarks and Melody…
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