This is me !!!!
I work for Leeds City Council. I'm married with two sons, and live in a small village on the outsklirts of Leeds. Hobbies include computers, the internet, social networking, drinking, walking, reading and I have a very eclectic taste in music. I have just started to write short stories.
Category Archives: Interesting
What, when and why blog ?
And I think you can add “How” to that list too. I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now, well to be exact, I have had a blog for a couple of years. Over the past few weeks/months, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Deep and meaningful ... not a jot, Interesting, Writing
Tagged blog, Blogdesk, client, department, diary, fact, frustration, life, Live, luck, opinions, perspective, Raven, sledgehammer, trivialities, Windows, Word, Writer
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So where am I now…
I suppose that is not such a good title for a post, but then I’ve never been good with post titles. So…where am I now. Well work wise, things are moving on quite well. There still some issues with my … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, family, Interesting
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Review for second story …..
Well, not so much a review, more a ‘requested critique’ if there is such a phrase. A casual ‘tweet’ from a fellow tweeter, led to me mentioning to @leztoomey (www.leetoomes.co.uk/) that I had written a short story. This further led … Continue reading
Free anti-virus
Who uses free or freeware antivirus software, and which do you use. For many years I have used AVG in it’s many free versions. I have never used a paid service, and have never felt the need to do so. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer stuff, Interesting
Tagged anti-virus, AVG, computer, facebook, freeware, MSE, trojan
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Having a go …….
I’ve decided to have a go at ‘proper writing’. Well a short (very short) story anyway. I spotted a competition, in the Wetherby News, to write a short ghost story for the Friends of Harrogate Library. I mulled over it … Continue reading
Posted in family, Interesting, Just another day
Tagged Blogger, competition, course, email, Wordpress, writing
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Now another blog ….
The Yorkshire Life blog is up and running. I’ve done a couple of postings. they are a bit brief, but I think that is what they want. When I get time, I am going to sit down and write out … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, family, Interesting, Just another day
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Random post …..
So what has happened since the last time. Well not much really. I finally got a reply from Yorkshire Life magazine in answer to their appeal for bloggers about ‘Village Life’. I am hopefully going to write a monthly blog … Continue reading
Posted in family, Interesting, Just another day
Tagged blogging, course, drama, email, pantomime, work, writing
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Something new ……..
For the past 18 months or so, I have been using Windows Live Writer (WLW) as my blogging client. Why ???? Well it was free, it was easy to use and many people say it is the best client, working … Continue reading
A struggle
It has been a long time since my last post. The title says it all really. It has been a struggle. A struggle to think of something to say, time to say it, and a struggle to find a … Continue reading
Posted in Deep and meaningful ... not a jot, Interesting, Nothing special
Tagged blog, creativity, novel
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