Levels? What… money in the bank? Blood pressure? Debt!? Actually…with all this rain, the main pond is finally full. We have not had a full pond for 3 years+ largely due to the failure of the Monsoon to materialise, but this year…oh boy… did it rain!? So much so that the water table has been […]
22-09-25: Levels are…UP!! Read More »
Yes…. After a few fits and starts, the rainy season has licked in. Daily rain for the last 2 weeks, and some of it has been extremely heavy. good that we already tested out new-build house roof!! I’m definitely not complaining, for 2 reasons: We will have rain on and off until October. The last
26-05-25: Monsoooooooon!!!! Read More »
Yes…Summer heat and humidity have passed, finally. Also, the summer downpours. We are in the ‘nice’ time of the year now—very pleasant mornings spent in the garden, not clammy or too hot. It’s really great working amongst my tropical plants, which have now matured sufficiently to provide the fabled tree canopy. I’m sure one could
20-11-24: Its officially winter! Read More »
As you know, I have been sick (I still am), and as a result, I have not been writing. At all. Recently though, I again started considering making progress with the help. I have to decide how the next victim is killed, after the mega-chapter where three Merriman family men (and one woman) all died
25-7-24: Oooh…those pesky distractions!! Read More »
It’s been month since I did a blog post. That’s how it goes, sometimes. In truth, I have had a 4-week break from writing. I had some other things to do, yes,but I needed a re-set, too. Writing is not a hard labour prison sentence! You are allowed to stop for a while when ever
31-05-24: Sometimes…you just have to… Read More »
So last month, I told you that I got to 55,000 words on The Help. I’m fairly happy with that, and I have a lot more in my head that needs to be ‘got down’ on the pages of my Work-in-Progress (WiP). The story is developing exactly as I hoped, and with 5 murder incidents
11-04-24: Work on The Help continues (but then, it stopped…). Read More »