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    Finished reading in 2022: Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver 📚

    I’ve read a couple of other books by Kingsolver which, while I enjoyed I found overly descriptive. This was both an easy and enjoyable read.

    Making Yorkshire puddings tonight with a new recipe and a new tin. What could possibly go wrong 🤞

    Finished reading: Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Level 6 by John le Carré 📚

    This might have been my first le Carré but it won’t be my last.

    Wondered why I was seeing a flurry of finished book posts. Thought it might be that reading is a microbloggers main activity during twixtmas, but now reassessing as I realise there’s books I need to log in order to add them to my 2022 reading list 😆

    Finished reading: The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed 📚

    Read this on my summer holiday. Thought it was excellent, more so because I knew nothing about it before reading so had a surprise towards the end.

    Currently reading: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 📚

    I’m always mildly disappointed when the covers available in Epilogue don’t match the edition that I’m reading 😢

    📺 Just finished watching 1899. It started out as compelling viewing but just after halfway it started to get more and more ridiculous. Kinda frustrating really

    Left the house for the first time since Sunday and the light was beautiful

    Shadow of railings on path covered with leaves

    I make a commitment for seven months of the year to dedicate my Saturdays to playing hockey. When we get a rare one off (like today) I don’t know what to do with myself.

    A weekly ritual we started during lockdowns was a weekend morning video call to do the crossword with my parents. It continues two years on and I’ll be dialling in with my coffee at 10am tomorrow 🥰

    Currently reading: Sybil & Cyril by Jenny Uglow 📚

    Went to hear the author speak tonight so high time I actually started reading this. More to follow on key points from the talk soon

    I forgot to post an update for the November challenge yesterday. So going for two in one today. I often wonder how and why I retain some frankly useless information and fail to remember the important stuff.

    Today I will graze on Celebrations to get me through the mid-afternoon slump.

    Just discovered the theme is broken on my personal blog. Who knows how long it's been that way. Could there be a clearer message that I'm not giving enough of my attention to it (or my own writing practice)?

    Over the past few weeks I’ve been trying to teach my wife to ice skate. It’s been a challenge to break it down into the component parts. We’re making slow progress, but progress nonetheless ⛸

    Repeat after me: it’s time to put your phone away and give your attention to something meaningful for a little while

    I haven’t wanted to start reading another novel since finishing The Name of the Wind, but I think after a week I may just about be ready. Now what to choose?

    Think I have a new answer to the "what's your greatest weakness" interview question... impatience. I'm waiting for someone to send me a thing and it not being here yet is consuming all my attention.

    There’s been a sudden upsurge in the amount of aluminium foil in our recycling bin since I decided it was indeed acceptable to eat mince pies in November 🥧😋

    I’ve missed a few days of microblogvember prompts, but trying to get back on the horse and not leave the challenge. It’s still Monday in Hawaii as I type this so I’ll get this one in before trying to catch up with myself.

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