Ten things for which I give thanks this week…
I am still having difficulty loading images so this will be an all-text post!
1 – Grateful to have got through Christmas and to be enjoying a further complete week off work.
2 – Nobody fell out – lol, the food was well received even though I overshopped for Boxing Day at ours and we will be eating various naughty items for the foreseeable future…
3 – We finished binge-watching Ted Lasso (that’s not the gratitude) which was such a well-done, human, feel-good series and I heartily recommend it to all and sundry. Interesting inflexion points between American and UK culture…
4 – I received, amongst other things, a new dressing-gown, some Moleskine notebooks for writing poetry in (or, quite frankly, anything), a book, “The World According to David Hockney” – he is a local hero, being from Bradford and having a permanent exhibition (N.B. not an Exhibit (which is an item IN an Exhibition)) in nearby World Heritage site Salts Mill, Saltaire.
5 – Finally, I have made a start on the writing part of my A to Z Challenge for April – the Theme Reveal and I have elevated constituent fibres to the title which now reads “What We Wear – Fabrics and Fibres!” Onwards and upwards…
6 – Got my car fixed just before Christmas – I had been driving around with 3 out of 4 wheelnuts on one front wheel – now had a new hub and tracking done!
7 – I have embarked on a 12 short stories in 12 months challenge, starting on 7th January – the idea is that working to deadlines improves your writing and since my long-term novel is languishing a bit, I thought it couldn’t hurt to stoke the furnaces with some short stories…
8 – The basic level Helpline couldn’t solve my image uploading problem but they have escalated it to the next level (wait 24 hours with bated breath) – watch this space…
9 – I bought a secondhand Melodica – a small keyboard that you play by blowing through a tube – as if being breathalysed and playing the organ had a baby…
10 – This year, an “Annus Horribilis” in so many ways (as Queen Elizabeth II was wont to say), is nearly over and the many troubles in the world must surely come a little closer to resolution Putin and Trump may implode and Israel get the message that they need to do things differently – let’s hope…
Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year!