by Jackie Bailey | May 7, 2009 | Random insights
I have a sore index finger on my left hand, which is making a’s and e’s a bit of an effort tonight. That’s an advance apology for typos. I’m looking for you guys to share your practical advice on the juggling act of a creative life and paid...
by Jackie Bailey | May 6, 2009 | Let the people speak
Well, at least some of the people…and what they have said: 1. Change this blog template to make the comments appear more obviously and so it is easier to leave a comment 2. Keep doing horoscopes, but if you must cut back, then weekly is ok 3. Keep telling the...
by Jackie Bailey | May 3, 2009 | Let the people speak
Hey there punters. I have done some hard thinking about what I should be doing on this blog, thanks to some emails and comments from you guys, and I think I need to modify what I’m doing. Frankly, trying to write a horoscope every day is killing my blogging...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 30, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s May Day! Sound the bells! You may feel awash with weariness, one thousand per cent glad that the week is drawing to its close. You may want to sit and crankify in a corner, developing an over-hanging upper lip and a penchant for saying “If I had my...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 29, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Bouncing from morning through to noon today, you’ll see the balls everywhere. Coy, shy, little spheres, making their way from ceiling to floor just for the joy of flight. Big, ponderous, ballooning bubbles, with snaking noses and giant eyes, sloping the path...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 28, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
In the last post about my quest for self-publication, I recounted my trip to Paddington markets to find the man who had done the drawing which now hangs in my study, who I knew in my heart was the person to illustrate Mr Middleton. It was 3.30 pm and my friend D and...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 28, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s Wednesday, known as hump day to many, some for reasons beyond the appropriate language for this blog. You may be feeling tired today, but do not despair: no matter how little sleep you have had, and how much work you have yet to come, the day can be...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 27, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s a day of liberation. Free the feet from their sandals! Free your neck from its collar! Muddy, wet grass, leaving marks on your ankles; a string of paper dolls around your neck, daisies flung upon your hair. Don’t look twice, there is too much to...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 26, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Monday, Monday. A minute, a second, a nanosecond passes, and suddenly, it’s a new week! A new…leaf! A new take on life! Maybe it’s been a while since you could last afford a new pair of shoes. Maybe the best you can do to mark the transformation...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 26, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
A beautiful day for a beautiful face. Hear that, in the distance? The faint sound of pipes, weaving their way into your sub-consciousness, reminding you of fields, and daisies, and all good things that can take you out of doors, away and along a path to beyond....
