December 31st 2016 Today marks my second straight year of daily, consecutive blog posts. On January 1st 2015 I set myself a challenge of writing a blog blog post every day for the whole year, and I did that. And then I … Continue reading Midnight
December 30th 2016 Today I had dinner with a friend who I’ve not seen in five years. He was, for a long time, my best friend, but we grew apart as we grew older and lost contact. We’ve said for a … Continue reading Social
December 29th 2016 Today it took me a solid two hours to hang a picture frame on a wall. Alice and I were putting our Christmas presents away, and finding new places for everything. One of the presents we got … Continue reading Frame
December 28th 2016 Today I bought nine new books for a tenner. We went shopping in Marlborough, and Marlborough is full of charity shops, and charity shops sell cheap books. I love book stores. A trip t0 Waterstones is one of my favourite … Continue reading Bookshop
December 27th 2016 Today I sold a copy of my book for the first time. I recently had my first novel printed, bound, published and delivered to me. This wasn’t through any official, or paid channel, in fact I paid to have this … Continue reading Novelist
December 26th 2016 Today is Boxing Day, and I’m going to tell the story of today through pictures rather than words because I’m tired and I want to go to sleep. We had thirteen round the table. Unlucky for some, … Continue reading Boxing
December 25th 2016 Today is Christmas Day – in case you hadn’t noticed. This Christmas day was the first that my parents had woken up to an empty house in 28 years, bless them. We three kids all woke up … Continue reading Christmas
December 24th 2o16 Today, Christmas Eve, is a day of tradition. Normally, we spend Christmas Eve as a family. We go to the cinema, we go home and have Christmas ham for dinner, and we get to open a Christmas … Continue reading Gammon
December 23rd 2016 Today we had Christmas dinner with our friends – labelled ‘friendmas’ by Alice only. We had a Domino’s. Not a festive feast, but a feast nonetheless. I tell you what, I felt proper grown up. Hosting a Christmas dinner … Continue reading Feast
December 22nd 2016 Today I decided to buy a hamster. I did not have any intention of buying a hamster when I woke up this morning, in fact, I had never previously considered it until about 5pm this afternoon. I … Continue reading Hamster
