Tag Archives: Shopping
Take Off Your Shirt
I wish this post was about something juicy and raunchy, but, alas, it is about something very unsavoury and that is the way in which we are slowly stripping away our economy. They’re not taking the shirt off our backs, … Continue reading
Got the T-Shirt
I’m reading Faulks on Fiction, or at least, I started to before discovering that I was blind to much of the journey leading to his theories and conclusions as I hadn’t read the chosen books for at least thirty years. Books … Continue reading
The possessive cut
There are few things I am possessive about, but among the most important are my husband, my family, my home, my laptop, my books and my knife. Now, last year we took my knife camping with us and it unfortunately … Continue reading
Vegetarian Leather
I’ve been a vegetarian my whole life. When I tell some people this they are surprised and I get comments like, ‘what, you’ve never had meat?’, ‘haven’t you ever wanted to try it?’, ‘Never?’ – you get the picture. Well, … Continue reading
Learning to Smash
Well, I did it, I uploaded a copy of The Red Shoes for worldwide distribution on the Smashwords website and on its first day it had been downloaded over 40 times with 1 review. I was surprised, I have to … Continue reading
A digital rant
For years I (and all those around me) have been saying it is absolutely crazy that digital versions of hard ‘things’, be they books, films, soundtracks, prints…whatever, ought to be cheaper because the basic material and overhead costs are NON-EXISTANT! iTunes then … Continue reading
Scribbled thoughts of a mad woman 