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Tag Archives: cleaning
Christmas Headaches
Image: News.com.au I was into everything over the weekend—everything! Not only did I get through a ton of Christmas cleaning, DIY work, TV and gadget fixing, and writing work, but I also managed a Day Job Xmas bash, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged alcohol, bevy, birthday party, brunch, Chrimbo, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas headaches, Christmas tree, cleaning, Cloisters, coffee and pastries, computer games, curry, daughter, DIY, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, ereaders, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, free ebooks, Greener is the Grass, Indaba, Indian meal, Khushis, Kindle, Kobo, Mother-in-Law, novel, novella, pizza, pubs, Slick, South African food, summer reading, The Pear Tree, work, Writing, Xbox, Xmas
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Planning Out my Literary August
Image: EBF Today is an exciting day: the Edinburgh Book Festival tickets go on sale. The last think I wanted to do was sleep in and miss the 8:30am ticket office opening, the result being that I couldn’t get to … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Animals, Armed Forces Day, August, Book Festival, chapbook, Charlotte Square, cleaning, coffee shop, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Holiday, literary, London, planning, Poetry, rain, Red Arrows, Royal Mile, tropical fish tank, Writing
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Good
Image: Anonymous My yesterday in a sentence: good work at the day job, good to get home, good to eat a home-made dinner, good to relax, good editing session on GREENER, good book from which I read, and good bar … Continue reading
Cleansed On Every Level
Image: Parée My home office has never been cleaner and more organised. Yesterday, I completed giving it a deep clean, which included spring cleaning a lot of paperwork and gumph that was lying around, and as a result there is … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Photography, Writing
Tagged cleaning, home office, Leith, Leith Festival, Photography, studio, Writing
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Books Everywhere
Image: Austin Evan Just a quick post today as I have loads to get through. I had an easy day yesterday—as Saturday’s should be. I decided not to leave the house except to feed the animals, because given that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Film & TV, Interviews, Writing
Tagged Art, book shelf, Books, cleaning, home office, Monarchy, Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, rest, Royal Family, take it easy
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Awash With Websites
Image: Global Spec I did intend on blogging over the weekend but as fate had it I never really got around to it. I awoke on Saturday morning up with a slightly dicky tummy. May have been the copious amounts … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, I.T.
Tagged Animals, cleaning, curry, freelance work, Guinness, housework, Indian meal, Internet, pizza, Rabbits, Scruffy Dog Review, tummy ache, websites, wedding ring
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Articles and Interviews
Image: Alex Barth Check out my review of this week’s Ray LaMontagne gig in today’s News of the World A-Listed music supplement, or online here. Also, one of the interviews I did last week has been published. Check it out … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged A-Listed, Biblio Paradise, cleaning, Day Job, Devon Ellington, Domino's pizza, Fiction, housework, Interview, live music, music reviews, News of the World, Ray LaMontagne, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Catching Up
Image: Paul Friel Okay, where to begin is the big question. To say I’m glad to see the back of this week is an understatement, but purely because it means I can get back to the computer and back to … Continue reading →