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Fuchsia Boliviana Alba seeds.Cut back wonder berries, anise hyssop, fuchsia boliviano and hemp agrimony.Plant out caraway and horehound.Ohhh, I’d quite fancy a RadRunner or a RadRunner Plus.I really need to get my circadian rhythms in sync with the non-nocturnal creatures of this world.

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Candy for the bees.Watch again, Young Einstein.The scent of the 1980s still had the residual odour from the 1970s, especially on carpets, lino and in pedestrian thoroughfare of certain buildings. Frankincense, chamomile and lavender oil. Knowledge and wisdom doesn’t fall from the heavens, it’s sown from the ground up.

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The internet are plentyfull of poorly grammar, speling erors &, inaccurit, punctuation which in the nature of its evanescence doesn’t really warrant any disquiet, apart from perhaps a slight irksomeness.Don’t merely think about it, write about it.For me a writer is someone who might have been an inventor of many things, a specialist in many fields, an innovator, an entrepreneur, a troubleshooter if it weren’t for reveries and fantasies. A cosy, friendly, lockdown nighttime read … The Black Book ...

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Despite it’s hackneyed use as go-to narrative tension, I wish more stories wouldn’t feature prospective love-interests as more than friends. There’s much unchartered narrative tension to be had with protagonist friendship. Bullace and meadowsweet wine … six more months and this batch will be delicious.Every morning, I have to calibrate my anatomy and grey matter, and sometimes it’s completely wide of the mark. Retrieve radio from downstairs.Cheese and crackers for breakfast.

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Teapot for cash.String for picture frames.Pot for bedside pencils.When writers moan about writer’s block, I do chuckle to myself as I press on with the sequelae of an apoplexy fog. My apiary with bees, all being well, keeping snug.

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Life’s existence is full of blips and glitches: venture for cheerfulness, seek comfort especially in discomfiture, acknowledge pleasure in what life can offer for nothing or very little, be friends with your fellow creatures and encourage your interests. My winter project … If you are disquieted by the perversion of privacy by tech businesses and agencies, whatever you do, don’t dig your nose in front of the computer. You may very well be bombarded by snot rag spam and handkerchief promo...

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All time favourite three television shows: Worzel Gummidge, Catweazle, The Goodies.Aggressive and invasive advertising campaigns tend to make businesses memorable for all the wrong reasons. Thin brushes for miniatures.People get decidedly flustered and bothered by the mere existence of other people. They tend to want the human race to be a facsimile of themselves. It’s a vain and inefficacious expenditure and dissipation of time and energy. Caligula (Rome), Charles VI (France), Ludwig II (Bavar...

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On Christmas Eve, I scratched and scratched and, woke up to find, on Christmas Day I received the Christmas Tree rash.In my reading life, I chose an unfamiliar book based on the title, description or preface. The literary imperative of a book needing a catchy cover must have passed my infantile faculties by.My favourite female actors: Eleanor Bron, Anette Crosbie, Madeline Kahn, Gemma Whelan, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Catherine Keener, Tasmin Greig. Three favourite writers for television: ...

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Essential oil sleep mix: juniper, lavender and basil.Cushion for between the knees.I remember the smell of the 1970s.Making the bed used to be a chore, now it’s an achievement.Those adverts which use your location are ridiculously ineffective; “Most millionaires in [insert tiny low-income village name here] have discovered a way to get even richer.”Did I say “itches were welcomed distractions”? Scratch that.

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Sparkling perry pear and burdock root wine … success.







Woodland sage, common hedgenettle, rue, liquorice.Simple foodstuff like sandwiches are tastier when made by someone else.When I feel better, I often consider if it is for the better or for the worse.They must have a lot of “what have we forgotten to tell our users” meetings at Google Inc.Pressing engagements for me now are: going to the loo, lighting the wood burner, and drinking my morning coffee in peace.After a stroke, “ailments” su...