More jetlag today, due to the lost hour due to the change to British Summer Time. With the sun out today, and yesterday in Cambridge, where we spent the weekend, it felt quite summery.
We went on Saturday, and M drove with his foot hard down on the accelerator the entire journey. He’s a good driver, but that sort of driving always unnerves me. It’s no wonder that drivers become ‘back-seat drivers’ because, once we’ve learned to drive, we apply our own reflexes to the other person’s actions. Consequently, I am either clutching the seat, or putting my foot on an imaginary brake throughout the journey. It was better on the way home, because M was tired – he even took the wrong road out of Cambridge, on the way home, but it meant he dropped his speed and it was a pleasant journey. I didn’t offer to drive, because I’m too tense and nervous for motorways. I would make a mess of it, however, I did volunteer for about the last ten miles, but I’m not good at night driving either, and was relieved to get home.
We saw the family, including our two of our granddaughters and I helped with the creation of a tapestry with the GD senior. We went for a walk to the river yesterday, where the boatmen were trying to tempt people onto punts, fed the swans and went to the children’s play area.
When we got home, we watched Northanger Abbey. I forgot to record Casualty on Saturday night, but as my last attempt defeated me, I will need to study the instructions before having another go.
Pootled around today, being fairly useless. I had a look at some Guildford Writers’ comments on the first chapter of Tainted Tree. I need to get this very crucial part sorted out.
I managed to catch the tale end of The Write Stuff as I was making dinner. At the end they were asked to create a soap in the style of Tom Stoppard, and three out of four of the panellists chose The Archers, which just shows how important it is to listen to it, if you want to turn out like Sebastian Faulks.
About Me
- Jackie Luben
- Like all women, apparently, I'm multi-skilled and have a dual identity. As the little woman at home, I run my husband's business in an extraordinarily efficient way, typing, bookkeeping, dealing with telephone calls and chasing non-paying customers. But my other identity is far more interesting, as I've been writing for the past twenty five years at least, and have published four books - all very different. My fourth book, Tainted Tree, was published in May 2008, having won second prize at the 2007 Winchester Writers' Conference. My other books comprise a self help book dealing with cot death (no longer in print); an autobiographical slice of life, (The Fruit of the Tree) which also describes this event and other more lighthearted happenings in my life; a novella, A Bottle of Plonk, which bears no relationship to my life. This was also published in America by Virtual Tales, with the name, Have Wine Will Travel and is available from some sellers. I also have some short stories available on-line, some published by Untreed Reads (www.untreedreads.com). My writing work is set out more formally on my web pages, which you can access at: http://freespace.virgin.net/jackie.luben
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4 comments:
Oh no! Not another Northanger Abbey fan! I appear to be in the minority! I actually switched over to the fat detective in order to get away from the simpering females! Anne has already commented on my blog about this sacrilege.
My Significant Other also scares the pants off me when he drives. It's a Man thing, I think. They always seem to need to be driving 'at the cutting edge'. Though I can think of some women who have been likewise affected, most of us take a more reasoned approach. That's why insurance companies like us!
Irene
To be honest, I don't think it's the best of Jane Austen. Although she's having a go at the gothic novels of the time, her heroine is rather a silly little thing. Not in the same league as Elizabeth Bennet.
But I've watched so many Dalziel & Pascoe repeats that I can virtually do the dialogue myself.
But Northanger Abbey was far better and more in the spirit of the book than last week's Mansfield Park!
:))
A
xxx
I didn't see the earlier Mansfield Park. On that occasion, I watched the fat detective.
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