When I switched TV off I had 20 minutes between programmes, which is often enough to write a short blog post. By the time I’d had a drink, a slice of olive bread and a quick read/reply session, this has fallen to 5 minutes.
I’m going to write as much as I can and come back to it later. Unless I fall asleep in front of the TV. Or unless I write so fast I finish my 250 words in 5 minutes.
I’ve done eighty words in three minutes so you never know.
Today was marked by a slight feeling of not being as well as yesterday. It’s almost undefinable, but it was definitely there for the first few hours. Apart from that we passed a pleasant day chatting and watching TV. Well, I did, Julia sometimes replied and sometimes watched TV but mainly she wrote a grant application for the MENCAP Gardens.
She won’t, of course, be paid for it, and probably won’t be thanked for it, but that’s how she’s always worked. And a willing worker will always find an employer willing to take advantage.
183 words – six minutes. I will come back to this later.
In fact, I won’t. It’s close enough to the end to keep going. I also managed to write the outlines of two good poems this afternoon. It’s hard at the moment because I’n not quite sharp enough yet, and because I don’t have anything to aim for this month. After a quiet month in October, I have a quiet month in November, then one fo those months that come round every quarter, when everyone seems to be open for submissions. I think I have twelve submission opportunities in December. And Christmas.
Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. AKA Wayne Manor in one of the Batman Films.
284 words done. Self-imposed target reached. Ten minutes.
Sounds like you had a down day. Hope things are looking better for you this morning, Simon.
Yes, the general trend is upward and onward, as my old school motto used to say.
This is Jodie. I have a terrible time lately with WordPress knowing who I am.
I had this problem a few days ago, Jodie. The only way around it, so far as I have found, is to comment through the WP Reader.
It seems the Reader is the answer to more than one problem. I have to use it to see the comments too. Thank you all for persisting.
You certainly do, though I can mainly guess it is you. Harder now you have become “Someone” as that’s TP too. Though he never sends me a hug . . . 🙂
Good work. I know some people like Julia. They are the wonders of the world.
This is true. But it is a little sad to see so much effort going somewhere it isn’t appreciated.
I was waiting with baited(sp) breath
Phew!
🙂
What’s your weather like? I see you are under an Amber Weather Warning. ;-(
Very wet. Flooded areas all around. Not for us though
About how far from each other are you and Derrick?
170 miles, 3 1/4 hours according to Google. Or 4 hours 200 miles from TP in Langholm. If they ever run a “Three Old Man Challenge” I will be the middle one. 🙂