40 Patches

It took me until about 5pm to start stenoing chapter 32 about Tellaro in Italy, but then I was on a roll so kept going with chapter 33, which I decided would be about pineapples, specifically a boot full of pineapples pretty much thrown into the back of the vehicle I was sitting in with […]

Even though my 30s are the most recent decade of my life I’m writing about, of all four that was the decade it took me the longest to think of ten memory triggers to write about.  I think that the original ten I chose will change as I recall more things that I think are

It’s 2.49pm, I’ve had the morning off thinking about writing.  I am now hoping to surprise myself with an unusual burst of afternoon activity ahead of a hoped-for trip to the cinema in the early evening.  You never know, I seem to work well with small windows of opportunity for greatness. The photo today is

I have both surprised and impressed myself that today’s chapter is 30, marking the last chapter of my 30s, the three-quarter mark.  I am also currently ahead of my target to write 15 chapters in August.  I ended up writing chapter 29 about karums, a Latvian sweet treat.  They are not my favourite food but

Chapter 29 will be the eighth of fifteen chapters for August, so I’m pretty much half way on 10th August.  I feel much more positive about reaching my target of 15 chapters this month now.  I don’t usually “make” myself write on weekends but I know there are days ahead when I probably won’t write

I will, I will, I will write this and move straight into stenoing chapter 28 rather than fannying around all day like I did yesterday.  In part, I am driven by the fact a friend is coming over for lunch and the likelihood of my writing a chapter in the evening is extremely slim. Today’s