So, that day finally arrived. The day when I couldn’t get a newsletter out on schedule. I’m both pleased that the interruption happened (it was inevitable) and proud that it took eight weeks before it did. That was quite a feat for me, honestly! From the beginning my plan has been to have posts in reserve for those weeks when I am unwell or struggling to write for other reasons, but I am still living hand to mouth for the moment.


Last Thursday I stumbled across this Note, with a screenshot of a Susie Dent ‘Word of the Day’ tweet. I doubled-checked and Susie didn’t post this on 4th July and so this word isn’t making a political point (as so many of her tweets are) about the previous UK government. Phew! As an inveterate ‘spuddler’ I would hate to feel I had anything in common with them.
Of course, this is an exaggeration. I do achieve all sorts of things. I think the problem is that my achievements seem so tiny in comparison to the enormous amount of effort I put in. I am not an efficien…