Today was the perfect day to start writing. The weather was mediocre, the dog has a sore paw and doesn't want to play, and Richard left early this morning to go to Dundee. I have had hours and hours of time to myself without interruption. So did I write? No! Well nothing of substance. The odd email doesn't count, nor does the thank you scrawled on the invoice for slip stop powder, nor the cheques from Castleton Dancers. I did do some research on writing for People's Friend and My Weekly. I think I can do it but I just need to get a good idea and then......
One of my problems is that when it comes to writing I am a bit like a hyperactive child and I don't know where to focus. I have so many projects started but incomplete. Which one shall I choose. There's the basic ideas list for a village panto based on Brigadoon. Might be fun. There's the half way through children's novel based loosely on Peter Pan. Worth pursung. There's the idea of the story about the boy who has an adventure inside his desk, which I started for Zach when he was 7 or 8. He is now 17. I have to do a rewrite and planning document for the Bonnie Prince Charlie Show....new working title the Jacobite experience. Perhaps I shall write a short story about a lady recently retired who wants to write but doesn't know what to write about!
Well at least I have written a blog today, so I guess that is something.
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Friday, 21 August 2009
Getting Started
It's 5 minutes after midnight on Friday 21st August 2009 and Mr Magrahi arrived home in Libya a few hours ago. Today is the first day of the rest of my life and the first day of my blog. I am celebrating that I have retired from education after 40 years...and 3 of these years were served in Libya. It will be interesting for me to see if I can keep up this blog, having tried unsuccessfully in the past to keep a diary.
This has been an interesting and varied summer so far, busy in the B&B, and wonderful visits from family and friends but the summer is drawing to a close and it is time to decide how I will spend the rest of my life. Will it be a case of strings of days filled with nothing more than housework, cooking, reading and of course blogging? Or will I find some other purposes? Will I find another job? Will I finally write my bestseller? Or even just my life story for my children? Will I knit countless jumpers? Will I become a better gardener? Who knows but it will be interesting seeing what develops.
Two things are certain though. We, Richard and I, will do more travelling here and abroad. Visits to friends and family who live in other parts of the UK. Visits to Debbie and Claire and their families in USA and Norway. And travel for the sake of travel to see new places and to revisit places where we have lived before. And secondly as long as my feet will stand it (excuse the pun) I will keep on dancing. The Castleton Dancers are going from strength to strength and gaining appreciation here in Braemar. The £21,000 that we have so far raised for good causes is quite phenomenal and we are very proud. Working together over the last few weeks to bring together a performance containing 3 original compositions for Prince Charles and Camilla next week has been very rewarding. Let's hope we have many more opportunities ahead.
This has been an interesting and varied summer so far, busy in the B&B, and wonderful visits from family and friends but the summer is drawing to a close and it is time to decide how I will spend the rest of my life. Will it be a case of strings of days filled with nothing more than housework, cooking, reading and of course blogging? Or will I find some other purposes? Will I find another job? Will I finally write my bestseller? Or even just my life story for my children? Will I knit countless jumpers? Will I become a better gardener? Who knows but it will be interesting seeing what develops.
Two things are certain though. We, Richard and I, will do more travelling here and abroad. Visits to friends and family who live in other parts of the UK. Visits to Debbie and Claire and their families in USA and Norway. And travel for the sake of travel to see new places and to revisit places where we have lived before. And secondly as long as my feet will stand it (excuse the pun) I will keep on dancing. The Castleton Dancers are going from strength to strength and gaining appreciation here in Braemar. The £21,000 that we have so far raised for good causes is quite phenomenal and we are very proud. Working together over the last few weeks to bring together a performance containing 3 original compositions for Prince Charles and Camilla next week has been very rewarding. Let's hope we have many more opportunities ahead.
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