I went to the zoo
Hi all, Quickish one this week, featuring: my trip to the zoo, the concept of December, and some things I’ve enjoyed recently. THREE DAYS AT THE ZOO Last...
Getting asked for advice
Hey all, Three things this week: Husbands cards for the US/CanadaADVICEThings I’ve enjoyed recently HUSBANDS CARDS: US/CANADA A week or two back I offered to...
Husbands, pickles, Canada
Heya, RIGHT, I am BACK from Canada and here are my observations: Wow people in Canada sure are into picklesSpecifically, the sort of pickle that I’d call a...
Canada, clothes and cold snaps
Hi all, I’m in Canada! Specifically, I’m at the airport in Calgary. I’m here to do some events around The Husbands, and I’ve just finished up at Wordfest, a...
The Wild Atlantic Way
Hey all, DID YOU KNOW that the Irish countryside is very nice to look at? In fact it’s the perfect amount of nice to look at - beautiful, yes, in some places...
Summer, children's games, a hall of mirrors
Hey all, Hope everything’s going well with you! SUMMER HEY Things here are pretty okay! In June and July I deliberately didn’t plan very much fun stuff,...
Summer and games and advice
Hey all, Here is my top hobby this week: watering the bit of the garden where there’s a big spider who lives in a log, and who when I start watering will run...
What I Did On My Holidays
Hey all, Hope things are good with you! Earlier this month I was in Italy for a week - a zoom through four cities (Bologna and Parma with one friend, Trieste...
Birds, husbands, photocopiers
Hey all, hope you’re doing okay! Today I have a great bird to show you, plus a weird camel and some very neat photocopier art. KINDLE DAILY DEAL But first,...
My book is out!!, + going on tour and television
Hey all, When I started writing this newsletter it said something like: my book is coming out next week! Then time passed, and in another draft it said: my...
Thoughts on Instagram (bad), Downpour (good), daffodils (unclear)
Hey all, Well! It's March! How nice it is to be here. BOOK REPORT Although: the fact that it's March means my book comes out in a month. I have some copies...
An infinite supply of husbands
Hey all, The sun is out! Joy is possible! Of course maybe you don't live in my kitchen and are not currently sunlit, in which case, my commiserations. This...
Writing Things Out
Hi all, Whenever I miss a week or two of writing this newsletter I start to feel like I need to catch up, I need to finish and compile every half-drafted...
Copyedits, photos, tiny bugs
Hiya, You know that time when you've just started seeing someone and you find yourself rereading messages they sent you a week ago? Going through five years'...
Unsubscriptions and Dramatic Situations
Hi all, Hope you're well! This is a risky thing to say at the start of a newsletter, but: today I've been unsubscribing from emails that I don't want to...
Books about books, spiders about spiders
Heya, hope things are good with you! It's been a very quiet couple of weeks here. NATURE REPORT One thing that happened is: I went to stay at a friend's...
How to buy a ladybird
Just so you know, this email has a couple of photos of bugs in it (specifically ladybirds, dunno how you feel about them - I personally have been absolutely...
Murder-mysteries, edits and a budgerigar
Hey everyone, it's me again, this time with some thoughts about murder mysteries and as usual a bird incident to discuss. BOOK REPORT But first: work! I've...
Books, birds, the width of certain continents
Heya, hope you're all doing okay! It's my birthday on Saturday, which means you have to pretend that I sent this newsletter promptly and not four weeks late,...
Trees, newsletters, netball
Look I "started" a "newsletter" because I thought: I guess I need a way to be in touch with people when Twitter dies. But then I didn't actually send any...