Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Teaching, simultaneous and hairbrush.

1. When I pop downstairs, Bettany is teaching Alec to bake biscuits, and Nick is staying well out of it.

2. A photo of the sunset I've been enjoying pops up on social media. It is cheering to know that someone on the other side of town is having similar thoughts.

3. While we wait for Alec to go through the bathroom, Bettany brushes my hair. 

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Novel, coming back and ready for December.

1. In the early hours, I'm awake, all alone -- but I've got a new novel on my library app: a fenland gothic Saxon mystery called Mer...

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