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As night follows day, so today follows Twelfth Night. We weren't too bothered about the traditions of when decorations come as their dies seem to be a fair amount of difference of opinion as to whether it's the 5th or…
Continue readingSat, 18:12: On page 133 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/A8XsxUbD Sat, 18:58: On the tenth day of Christmas: the writer returns http://t.co/hlaNcYJX #amwriting #MrTumnal Sat, 19:39: On the eleventh day of Christmas: the confusion of the night…
Continue readingThere is an undeniable confusion as to when Twelfth Night actually is – even Stephen Fry got it in a muddle on the Christmas episode of QI. So… It is defined by the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as “the evening…
Continue readingFri, 13:45: “Thomas uses more words per sentence than 93% of people.” #facebooktruths Fri, 13:45: “Thomas uses words with more syllables than 90% of people.” #facebooktruths Fri, 13:46: That’s because I write in proper sentences –> “Thomas uses more apostrophes…
Continue readingThe T E Shepherd in me has been annoyingly absent of late. That is to say whilst I've had the desire, and the ideas to write, I have either been busy being the marketing executive for The End Of All…
Continue readingThu, 18:38: On page 103 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/TucONUQa Thu, 18:44: Just discovered @Joannechocolat has a similar way of bringing
Continue readingInspired by lekythen‘s recent postings on her facebook wall of five minute sketches I downloaded the SketchBook Mobile App and started sketching away a picture of Aslan whilst I was cooking the dinner. I’m in no way as accomplished as…
Continue readingWed, 17:19: RT @LiveJournal: Information about recent issues: http://t.co/UFRnEApa — Full text at our FB page, if you can’t access LJ now: https: … Wed, 21:23: On the ninth day of Christmas: yearning for the sofa http://t.co/HMuL2Dck #ConflictOfInterests #work #writing…
Continue readingSo with the feared 2nd January, so I had to return to work, which was okay and I was productive, but I did find myself yearning for the sofa and my book. Come the afternoon I had to console myself…
Continue readingTue, 20:24: On page 83 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones: It makes me just want to go and live on my Diana Wynne Jone… http://t.co/bptPixQz Tue, 21:10: On the eighth day of Christmas: the first day http://t.co/FWwFdwiX…
Continue readingIf yesterday was a day for hibernating indoors and for shutting the world outside out, then today was its antithesis. Bright, clear, and sunny. It’s the first day of a new year and it feels it. Out in the garden…
Continue readingMon, 13:36: When you look out of the window on a day like today, don’t you just think that it’s a soup kind @ Southwold http://t.co/5EO7ANkZ Mon, 13:36: Photo: When you look out of the window on a day like…
Continue readingI’ve had a lovely Christmas break, seeing Emma’s family, spending time with my family, going to festive theatre, eating nice food (off-diet maybe but not excessively), and spending quality time in my home with and the cats and the decorations…
Continue reading2012 has been a year dominated by books and by reading and writing. At the beginning of year I set myself the Goodreads reading challenge to read at least 20 books in the year. I didn’t manage to reach this,…
Continue readingSun, 13:37: On page 87 of 119 of Grubson Pug’s Christmas , by Hodgson, Jane-Anne: Fears the storm that is about rage… 🙁 http://t.co/lfWoM6OO Sun, 16:37: On page 35 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones: It’s a book…
Continue readingOne of the joys of the post-Christmas and pre-New Year holidays is those long afternoons in the fading light, tucked up on the sofa with the Christmas tree across the room, reading… reading lots and lots. So, a roundup of…
Continue readingSat, 18:23: Marked as to-read: Grubson Pug’s Christmas Voyage by Hodgson, Jane-Anne http://t.co/NU4t5Bj1 Sat, 21:49: According to @EmmaEShepherd we are now celebrating our 298th weekend together. Many happy returns to us! #anniversaries Sat, 23:32: 26% done with Reflections, by Diana…
Continue readingFri, 15:13: 80% done with Someone Else’s Fairytale, by Emily Mah Tippetts http://t.co/gNfLkr5r Fri, 15:37: Okay, well that surprises me. It may be backlit, but the #Kindle #Fire is actually comfortable to *read*. Still heavier than regular kindle. Fri, 17:34:…
Continue readingThere’s an article in today’s Guardian which seems to want to suggest the rise of traditional print book sales eBooks. It seems obvious to me that in the run up to Christmas that you will see more physical books sold…
Continue readingChristmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a trip to see Creation Theatre Company’s latest show. This year, the prospect of going was tinged with sadness that this might be the last time we would get to see them. After a tourist…
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