It’s a bank holiday Monday. I have a weekly schedule that I stick to (quite well) but there is something missing: regular blogging. I mean, I *say* this, but most of my work – 50% at least – is technically blogging. I just do it on other sites, whether paid to by massive…
Category: Journal
Resturant Review: Pinchinthorpe Hall, North Yorkshire
My wife and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary, 16 years to the day later at the very same venue we were married at.
He’s Lego Mad!
As noted elsewhere on this blog, I am an ex-smoker. I also had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol for some years, happily long behind me. I kicked both of these habits, so can hardly call either an addiction. Lego, on the other hand, has proved a lot harder to say no to. As…
Evolution of My Workspace
A look at my various workspaces over the years, from desktop PCs to laptops, corner desks, standing desks, and dedicated offices.
What Happened Since the Last Update
Does time go faster the older we get? It certainly feels that way at times. For example, I haven’t updated this website since October 9th. It doesn’t seem that long ago, and of course I’ve been really busy. Christmas For a start off, there was Christmas. December is always crazy, essentially a month…
How Do You Describe a Cigarette You’ve Never Smoked?
I noticed my earlier post about how I got started writing proved popular. As I cast my mind back to those days, I recalled the gig that required me to write copy in for a website or print catalogue of Eastern European cigarettes. The odd thing about this is that I was a…
A Bit About How I Started Writing For Money
I suspect the neighbours think I sit on my backside all day long watching TV or playing videogames. Since this day in 2010 I have been earning money from writing, mostly for websites and magazines, and in 2014 I added editing to my skillset. A key advantage of all of this is that…
The Time Daisy Forced Me to Try Coffee – and I Liked It!
I always hated coffee. We didn’t really drink it at home when I was young (there was always some in the house though) and Dad had some from time to time on a morning. I found the smell made my pre-breakfast stomach turn. This continued into early adulthood. People I lived with drank…
Bruce’s Meal Deal
So a strange thing happened this morning. Bruce, my eldest (by two minutes) announced that yes, following the previous evening’s discussion, he would very much like to cook a three course meal this evening. Our boy has long held the seemingly unreachable ambition of being a dancing-chef-rock star, and we know he likes…
York, Capital of the North
We took our first day trip to York in two years and spent time at the food festival and walked around some of the wall.
