I did my wardrobe cull (the pile in the photo being a charity pile that is now in a local British Heart Foundation charity shop), went for coffee, tidied my utensils drawers, then wrote another chapter, 25, before even writing a blog. Chapter 24 was about a mango dessert I had in Manila with my […]
Day 21 still. Writing chapter 25 of 40 Patches Read More »
How is it already 6th August and I’ve only written two of the 15 chapters I am hoping to write this month? And those two I wrote on the same day in a burst of beginning-of-challenge brilliance. Today I am poised for a wardrobe cull, which I intend to start after writing this, though I
Day 21. Writing chapter 24 of 40 Patches Read More »
(The below was written on Friday, 2nd August and not posted until today due to website failure. The photo is my favourite coin purse and is the only photo I took on Friday. I didn’t just take it because I love the purse, rather because I was explaining it to someone. I feel a need
Day 20 still. Writing chapter 23 of 40 Patches Read More »
(The post below is from Friday, 2nd August 2019. I have been having major website issues, ie it’s been down. This has been neither fun nor straightforward and, to put it lightly, it’s not fully fixed. It might now be ok on some levels but I’m about to migrate the site to a new hosting
Day 20. Writing chapter 22 of 40 Patches Read More »
Chapter 21, the first chapter of my 20s, my rose-tinted (probably) golden decade. I can’t think of a “patch” that I know represents me at 20 years old, but I know I was 21 when I received “Good Housekeeping Cookery Book: The cook’s classic companion” because the book was a 21st birthday gift from my
Day 19. Writing chapter 21 of 40 Patches Read More »
It’s far too hot to do anything of note so any movement is an achievement. I’ve set the bar low today. However, I went out early for coffee and a walk, (through the park where the flower photo was taken) to allow myself to rant about my first-hand experience of the humidity, lack of air
Day 18. Writing chapter 20 of 40 Patches Read More »
