Still Life With Cat

1) Had a birthday a week or two back. I am completely the wrong age to welcome birthdays. 2) Since I neither am nor have a mother, Mother...

Long time no blog Cos I'm sick as a dog *cough* *snuffle* *moan* Normal services will be resumed eventually.

Writers' Week is about to start and I have to do a few things at it, so there's not been a lot of time to blog -- too busy trying to...

I'm seeing a lot of complaining from east of the border about how hot it is. Now the Victorians just aren't used to sunshine and you...

I love working at home. I do. Anyone still toiling in academe will see that lovely phrase 'working at home' and feel their heart rat...

The blurb says this person has already published six books so you are expecting a degree of professionalism, a sign that here is someone who...

Just because I haven't had one for a while. A spy has recently heard and reported back two beauties: 'Do you want an internal line o...

That's behind as in not out in front, not behind as in bum, the latter being even more depressing to contemplate than the list which I n...

I've spent most of today either sitting at the desk or rushing around like a mad rabbit to places like banks and post offices doing a bi...

Every once in a while something happens, like a trip or a nudge or a poke in the ribs from the universe, some sign with no benign intent, to...