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Radio Silence


Apologies for the big silence on CFHW at the moment - our household has been hit by various infections and viruses over the last couple of weeks. First it was Arthur who went down with two things one after another, then he passed the second one on to Tori. Now they have kindly repaid all… Continue reading Radio Silence

Books · Life

Book Balancing


I want to read at least 36 books in 2016. This does neatly break down into three books a month, but past experience tells me that I shouldn't use that as a hard and fast 'rule'. Some months, like last month, I will read more than three books - maybe because they're short, or easy… Continue reading Book Balancing

Life

366 Project 2016, Week 5


31/366 Full English Breakfast at church then back to my parents' for a while - it's been ages since there was a nice photo of Caius and I. It took a few attempts but we got this one in the end!    32/366 After a quick lesson with Mum yesterday, I restarted my Sky Blanket… Continue reading 366 Project 2016, Week 5

Life · Market Drayton Writer's Club · Short Story · Writing · Writing Workshop

MDWC – February 2016


Last night was February's meeting of our local Writer's Club, and our homework this time was to write something inspired by a selection of Rory's Story Cubes that we (virtually) rolled on Liberty's phone. The dice rolled looked like this: And the challenge was to use at least three of them in our piece of… Continue reading MDWC – February 2016

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February Reading List 2016


Despite reading more than my planned 3 books last month, I am still only putting 3 titles on my February TBR pile. I'd rather trash my total than fail to get there! The three books I have pulled off my shelf for this month are: Bloody English History: Leeds by Richard Smyth - Yes, that's… Continue reading February Reading List 2016