I’m delighted to announce that my story, “Rose Petals, Lavender and Glitter” is up at Abyss and Apex.One side effect of spending so much time on the guide book to the observatory is that it’s been a while since I had something published. I’ve missed it. So I’d better get on with getting the book published, hadn’t I?
I’ve been given lots and lots of tiny, orange peppers. They’re very pretty, but it’s probably going to take me a while to wash them, remove stalks and seeds, and either freeze or make soup.
I hadn’t really got the house straight after out holidays when I had to drop everything and help my son study for his resit exams. It was well worth it though. He passed them both. So then I had to drop everything and get him registered at the Art School. And I’m happy to say that I’ve had several guiding jobs as well. All of which means that progress on the book…
It’s all been a bit rushed since we got back. Scrub that. It’s all been very rushed. The holiday was great, but towards the end, I got an ear-infection. It got more and more painful, until I was taking the maximum dose of ibuprofen and the maximum dose of paracetamol, and still waking up wanting more. I started running a fever, too. The flight home on Monday was a bit…
Leiden is lovely. It’s full of old buildings and canals, so much that random photos tend to look like postcards. The town centre is largely pedestrian and bicycles, so it’s remarkably quiet and sweet-smelling for a town that size. So we did a lot of strolling about, stopping for hot chocolate or coffee. We managed quite a bit of sight-seeing too. And I got off the hamster wheel and had…
I left it all ridiculously late, but we have the flights and hotel sorted out for a week in The Netherlands, starting Monday evening. Now I just have to finish as much of the observatory guide book as possible, so the layout genius, Helen Bennett, can get started while I’m away.