Still Working With Barry Meat
I seem to have been working on this book for years but I thought it might be good to confirm that I still intend to complete the Barry Meat travel guide to Yorkshire. With scant time to learn, I have nevertheless got to grips with Canva and have several pages laid out with…
An Adventure Begins…
We had some surprising news before Christmas. Eldest has been invited to Dance World Cup in Portugal next year. Mind.Blown. — Christian Cawley 🏵 (@ChristianCawley) December 14, 2022 Yes. My eldest (by two minutes), Bruce, has been selected to dance for England in Portugal in July. The Dance World Cup (yes, there is…
Meet Eric Auton
A New Year’s resolution has been to share more of the things I’ve been working on. I tend to hold on to things with the hope of improving them over time, but of course this rarely happens as time is short. However, I have returned to the story of Eric Auton and his…
Remembering to Blog
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…
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…
