The Medium Life

I've been watching a bit lately, as I recovered from the concussion (which I mentioned in my recent newsletter.) Unable to read or write for the first few weeks, my survival was that I could watch TV after a fashion, from a distance, and often not looking directly at the screen initially, just listening, thank goodness for the TV.  Here are some of the programmes I really liked: DRIVE TO SURVIVE . I do love the Formula 1 and was hanging out for the new series. I also re-watched some of the previous seasons, and now the racing is back on, yay, yay, yay, go Kimi, Oscar, Lewis, Ollie and Liam! (Can't have just the one favourite, no siree)  INSIDE WINDSOR CASTLE : This was terrific on the royals and also some great history. Very easy and interesting to watch for history or royal buffs. Even though I have watched events at Windsor like weddings, I still never really got just what its all about at the castle. RICHARD OSMAN HOUSE OF GAMES : This is the new weekly favourite in the hou...

For the next few days I have a TON OF FREE BOOKS for Amazon.com readers. Six, so maybe not a ton. They are from my other writer name, Maddie Summers, and they are all FREE ON AMAZON . Excuse the capitals. What is the difference between a Maddie and a Joanne? The main difference is the location: all the Maddie books are set in the United Kingdom, and are what I think of as 'cosy' romance. Kind of like curling up with an old school author you love. If you like a sweet'n'cosy romance, then give them a try. GO HERE!

Hi y'all, I'm taking a bit of a break from posting on both my blog and my Facebook page. I'll be focusing on my next few stories, in between the day job. In the meantime, feel free to have a browse of the old posts about my writing world. ~ Joanne xxx

Sad news, that our cat Bobbie passed away. She is pictured here with Billie (Bobbie is the slightly smaller one on the left.) She was diagnosed with a heart condition of all things, with multiple medications, but only weeks after the diagnosis she rapidly became unwell, and we had to "take her in." Poor Bobbie. She was only around ten years old, as well.  We were a bit worried about how Billie would be, as they came to us together as  a 'bonded pair' but over the years, they were no longer bonded. In fact, I think Bobbie found Billie more annoying than anything, which led us to wonder if Bobbie was in fact Billie's Mum, although Billie is quite a bit bigger. Or they may not have been related at all.  RIP dear Bobbie.  

Unlike the interesting newspaper utterances of George Bernard Shaw, below, I have nothing particularly interesting to report. It was not a productive week. However... I picked up a Len Deighton spy novel in a charity shop the other day for something different to read, set in East Germany when Checkpoint Charlie was there.  I haven't read a spy novel in ages, I'm sure I have read one at some time, or maybe that's just watching old movies. I went out one night after work with some work mates which is aways good fun. A can of diet coke is $4. Four bucks!!  I am liking the new Kiwi series of Taskmaster a lot. Watched a bit of sport, the NRL, ie the rugby league. Exciting few weeks ahead. Or a day of depression if one's team loses. Fortunately, I have three favourite teams in the play offs. I've been at work for a fair bit of the week. And that is the week that was. WHAT I SAID IN NEW ZEALAND George Bernard Shaw, 1934

A new month to get stuff done. Is this not true of every month?  You can: Cross out all the stuff you didn't get done and start again. Open a new page in the journal. Turn the page in the planner. Revise a list, write it out again, and paste it over the old one. Keep up the good work from the previous month. Or just plod along and not be fussed about new starts and all that. I, however, am partial to a list, even if I lose it. It simply means I get to write more lists. This month I should start considering if I am going to contemplate thinking about planning anything in the garden weed patch for spring and summer. It is officially the first day of spring but we are still having wintery weather, oh, bless you cold weather. I love cold weather, but it has been a cold-er winter which means I will appreciate spring even more. I will probably think about contemplating some weeding. We had some tree clearing last year, amazing, so there is a bit more space. That is something for later o...