The thing about life is that it isn’t all sunshine and daisies. Sometimes, it’s grey and miserable, and it’s difficult to find the motivation or do more than just go through the motions. Sometimes it’s because you’ve started a Project (personal or professional) which will take a while and you’re stuck in the middle and… Continue reading Just Keep Going
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The Craft Room
I’ve been reorganising my office this month. Before A few weeks back, M said he didn’t think the fairy lights in his corner really gave him enough light, and was there anything I needed from IKEA if he went for a new floor lamp. The one that used to live there had been requisitioned for… Continue reading The Craft Room
Recently Read: Returning to Corfu
At the beginning of this year, I made the decision that I would read my way through the TBR pile, adding new titles only to the List. This would be The Year. Obviously, I failed with the only adding to the list aspect when I bought Gerald Durrell’s Corfu Trilogy, and this last month saw… Continue reading Recently Read: Returning to Corfu
Notes From My Office: April 2021
Sometimes, I build up a backlog of Archers Omnibuses (Omnibii?), and then I settle into my office (in its guise as my craft room) and spend an afternoon catching up while I craft. It’s easier, I find, than remembering to retune the radio from 3 to 4 every evening at 7pm (or tuning in on… Continue reading Notes From My Office: April 2021
On Writer’s Block and Inspiration
For the first time since I restarted my blogging in Summer 2019, with all my Good Intentions for planning posts well in advance, I failed for today. Naturally, therefore, I shall take my inspiration from this, and write on Writer’s Block, that common or garden excuse for not writing. I use a bullet journal, of… Continue reading On Writer’s Block and Inspiration
Life in Lockdown: Relaxing Restrictions
Life is beginning to open up again. From today, non-essential shops and leisure activities can reopen. Hair dressers and zoos, pubs and clothes shops. The weather, too, after last week’s arctic blast, might start to cheer up again. There’s talk of the Return to the Office. It might even happen this time, since the Roadmap… Continue reading Life in Lockdown: Relaxing Restrictions
The Joys of Spring
This last weekend just gone was the Spring Equinox, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Next weekend, the clocks go back and British Summer Time begins. I like this time of year. It’s a time of hope and optimism. A time of sunshine and new buds on the trees. A time when I… Continue reading The Joys of Spring
Easter Baking: Crème Egg Brownies
I’m not actually much of a fan of crème eggs. Too sickly sweet, I find. But a few weeks ago I was really wanting some brownies and I thought it’d be fun to have a go at crème egg brownies. Unfortunately, Mrs Crocombe doesn’t have a recipe for brownies, so I had to resort to… Continue reading Easter Baking: Crème Egg Brownies
Life in Hibernation: The End of Winter
I’ve enjoyed my winter in hibernation, not being able to see family and friends excepted. I’ve enjoyed not having to force myself awake while it’s still dark outside in order to go to work, and then coming home again in the dark. Less tiring and depressing. There are a few months yet of working from… Continue reading Life in Hibernation: The End of Winter
Notes From My Office: February 2021
It seems a bit odd to think that I’m only a couple of weeks short of spending a full year working from home. I’ve read lots about how people have been reprioritising their lives over the last year, since the first lockdown gave them room to breathe and think. Finding some way to rebalance a… Continue reading Notes From My Office: February 2021
