Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith: In a break from romance novels, I devoured this over the course of a week. "Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough — who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike … Continue reading For The Love of Books | Currently Reading October 2020
Back in April I reached out to friends around the world for their thoughts on lockdown. Mary-Lou wrote about lockdown life in Canada here. Six months on, she’s kindly written an update and has a lot to say … so maybe grab a cuppa. 🙂 The Autumn Sequel Of Living A Quarantine Life in Ontario, Canada ... … Continue reading Covid-19 | Life in Lockdown – Canada Revisited
Back in April, as well as reaching out to friends around the world for their thoughts on lockdown, I also wrote a short piece about my own lockdown experiences. Six months on, I've written another, so grab a cuppa and pull up a chair. As I type this, London currently sits in Tier 2 - … Continue reading Covid-19 | Life in Lockdown – At Home Revisited
In a Creative Bubble has released their latest Christmas offering and it's fab. 🙂 Americast on BBC Sounds is perfect for those of us who want a clearer understanding of American politics. Both Emily Maitlis and John Sopel are brilliant. I may have begun my Christmas shopping and even wrapped a few gifts. I may … Continue reading Four Fun Things
Back in April I reached out to friends around the world for their thoughts on lockdown. K wrote about lockdown life in Australia here. Six months on, she’s kindly written an update and has a lot to say … so maybe grab a cuppa. 🙂 Living in the country can sometimes be seen as being a disadvantage – … Continue reading Covid-19 | Life in Lockdown – Australia Revisited
Week 41: I collected my new retainer from the orthodontist. Autumn has arrived in our favourite local park. We met up with my SiL to walk our dogs together. We celebrated the twins' birthday over Zoom. Week 42: I popped into the salon to get my eyebrows done. 🙂 Not shown are the haircuts three … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 41 and 42
I mentioned recently that I'd put together a mixtape (on Spotify) from a list of songs mentioned in a romance novel. Many of the songs I knew, but some I didn't. As the playlist is supposed to tell the story of Nico's love for Elizabeth, I imagine that Penny Reid, or someone who works for … Continue reading A Novel Idea for a Playlist
As I’ve previously mentioned, I wasn’t entirely convinced by the class examples included with my box of goodies from Crop in the Country … but with some creative thinking and encouragement from The Best Friend, I produced several layouts I’m happy with. I focused my efforts on updating early pages from The Boy Child’s albums. The example layout called … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #15
As I've previously mentioned, I wasn't entirely convinced by the class examples included with my box of goodies from Crop in the Country ... but with some creative thinking and encouragement from The Best Friend, I produced several layouts I'm happy with. I focused my efforts on updating early pages from The Boy Child's albums. … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #14
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