Me vs the Spiders, Round One

I am almost too tired to write this blog, but now that we have Internet back on, I feel I have no more excuses.  I have spent today brushing away cobwebs in a determined battle to reclaim the house from the spiders that naturally cluster all over our wooden home.  We...

The Bloggers’ Curse

I almost got it – the knife to the gut, the pale cold hand of no-more-hereafter.   BUT I survived, and here I am to blog about it! That’s right: I survived the bloggers’ curse, that slithering creature which creeps up on bloggers near and far, about...

Juggling act

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...