It’s all rather lovely in the office this morning, as the weather has cleared, the view is delightful and sunny…
…and I have Debussy playing on my new speaker. I will turn that off when I start to write the rest of chapter one of ‘Holywell Street’ as the next mystery is currently titled. Yesterday’s research included discovering the answer to such questions as, ‘What did men use to dye their hair in 1893?’ and ‘What did a felt pork pie look like?’ (Clue: it’s a hat.) I managed to write about half a chapter while looking things up in the Newspaper Archive where I find the advertisements as helpful as the stories, and where I love to read that in April of that year, for example, Henry Irving was appearing as Becket in Becket, and there was a display of high diving at Olympia.
Meanwhile, closer to home, the Sebeco set off yesterday just after I had posted the blog and written something about the storm having passed. The Sebeco sailed blithely through a huge downpour not long after setting off but managed its first run of the season without and issues, and returned later for its second run, so that’s now fine and dandy.
The photos today are from the same window (which needs cleaning after the dust and storm), as you can probably tell. Apart from not wanting to get my slippers wet by going outside, we still haven’t opened the balcony shutters, so this view will have to do. As I am not likely to be going out anywhere else today either, they will probably be the same view tomorrow, but at least you can see how the weather changes, as they were all taken yesterday.
Finally, I’d like to introduce you to a book promotion that doesn’t cost anything to browse. I’ve a few titles in a few of these through the month, so you’ll see others along the way. Today’s mission, should you care to accept it, is to click the banner or link and look at the titles in case anything is of interest. It doesn’t cost anything, but each click gets me a point which helps me get books in future promotions which, in turn, help me find a wider readership which, in its own turn, means baked beans on toast for tea rather than simply toast – not that I’ve seen baked beans in the shops for weeks. Have a great day!
Lit Fic, Women’s Fic, Memoirs, Historical, Time-travel books
(Look out for ‘Bobby, a life Worth Living’, apparently, it’s a book worth reading.)
