October reflections

Reflections in a lily pond at Sizergh Castle, National Trust

ALT text: At the top of the picture there are tall leaves. In the middle there are water-lily leaves and flowers. The tall leaves and a tree are reflected in the lower part of the photo. A limestone rock is near the bottom corner on the right.

For some time I have been aware that I have been trying to do too much both on and offline. In particular I have been spending too much time using my computer. Excessive screen time is not good for anyone’s eyes!

So, what am I going to do about it?

Regarding my blogging, I intend to continue posting here on Sue’s Trifles fairly regularly. I have been attempting to review almost every book I read. I’ve also been posting a short review on Goodreads with a link to my main review. For now, I’ll list the books I’ve been reading here, but I’ll only post a review on Goodreads (with a few exceptions). Up to now I have had very few clicks from Goodreads to my reviews here.

I intend to continue joining in with various blogging challenges. I enjoy Rebecca Cuningham’s poetry challenges. She has issued her October challenge with a closing date of 29th October. My next post here may appear on Wednesday instead of Thursday, if I write a poem for Rebecca’s challenge.

Although it is only October, I have an idea for next year’s Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge. This will use a project I started several years ago just for fun. I hope it will be of interest to readers and writers.

On Sue’s words and pictures, I may be able to write some posts similar to the ones I used to prepare before the pandemic. These featured places hubby and I had visited. The photo accompanying this post is an example of the sort of pictures I post on Sue’s words and pictures. Although I have missed posting for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for two weeks, I’ll join in with that when I am able.

Hopefully my new schedule will free up some time for me to return to a book I have been writing for decades.

Recently I read Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. It is a beautifully written nature book, illustrated by Denis Nestor with hand-lettering by Jamie Whyte. The subtitle is The heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship. It was available as a digital edition from BorrowBox.

I also read Living Threads: Making the Quaker Tapestry. This was a second-hand book, which caught my eye as I had enjoyed a visit to the Quaker Tapestry in Kendal, Cumbria many years ago.

My writing news is available on my What’s New? page.

Thank you for reading.