Happy first of the month to you, kalo mina, and all that. May is being welcomed in with rain that started yesterday around midday, and is still going on. According to the Poseidon System, it’s going to be with us until this evening, so those plants I showed you are in for a good, long watering. Only two days ago I was in shorts and a t-shirt as I went for a walk up the hill. Today, I’m back in long trousers and a hoodie, and I don’t plan to go anywhere apart from 1893.
This was the view in the early afternoon. Maybe it doesn’t look so bad, and I’ve known harder rain, for sure, but this continuous, grey drizzle, now and then becoming heavier, ended up obscuring the hills, Nimos and the other side of the harbour. Ah well, it will help wash some of the dust away.
It will also give the balcony a good wash. I’m pleased I sealed the wood and painted the woodwork in time.
This month, I have a first to share with you. You might know I get involved in book promotions in a publicity-sharing, ‘indie authors band together’ kind of way. Well, for the first time, I have books by both my names in the same promo, they appear side by side. What’s nice about that is it’s me and my godfather side by side again, quite by coincidence:
In case you were wondering, I’m not Suman Jha, I’m the other two. This promo has a wide selection of all kinds of biographies, memories and other non-fiction books. There’s a fair amount of self-love and how to forgive kind of writing, but also, biographies of St Francis of Assisi, a guide for Americans moving to Europe, the start of a series about the history of Malvern and Worcestershire (the moving Americans’ first lesson will be how to pronounce the name of that county), and some of my jottings about Symi and other anecdotes.
If you want to help me gain some kudos points in the indie author promo world, then simply click the link or banner and take a browse around – no money is involved unless you decide to buy a book. That’s up to you. For me, it’s the simple clicks that count.
https://books.bookfunnel.com/mayisformemoirs/mwrcqy68ar
There we go. 101 things to do on a wet Thursday include promote a book, talk about the weather, cook a chilli con carne with your godson later and watch The Life of Pie all while staying dry. Welcome to May!
