Articles Archive for April 2009
Life »
You may have noticed a slight lull in my blogging of late. I’ve had other stuff going on, and although at first my reaction was to beat myself up about not keeping all the balls in the air (hands up who also does that? I can’t be the only one) I have realised that actually it is quite fine to have an off week or two.
That goes for my novel as well. I was meant to be blogging the synopsis last weekend, but when it came to editing what I’d …
Life »
You may have spotted my absence over the past week or so. Sincere apologies. Easter in the Thornber household is always slightly chaotic and finding a quiet corner to pen my blog is near impossible, especially with one niece or another requesting use of my Mac. Even the two year old was in on the act requesting (demanding) “Pat-A-Cake” to be played over and over again on the cbeebies website.
Family Easters are fantastic yet exhausting. We’re not exactly the quietest bunch, and we have an opinion or few between us …
Food »
Thanks to being ill there has been a distinct lack of proper Cake Friday activity over the past few weeks. But now I am back at work and it is Friday! This is what I have been enjoying today…
and for those of you who missed the glory of Good Cake Friday last week here is one of my mother’s wonderful butterfly cakes…
Writing »
I wonder how long you have to be ill to watch all the films in the history of the world? It’s been nearly three weeks and I feel I’ve barely scratched the surface. I also feel like I need a break from movie watching so was thankful yesterday when the cogs in my brain decided to whir into action.
It’s always worrying when I get distant from my writing. Some past projects have evaporated completely. But this one I have been so excited about, unlike anything before. Being ill has been …
