01. Saw James Reyne last week at a very dicey venue. Not ashamed to say that we had the BEST night.
02. My son won a writing prize last week. I didn’t even know he’d entered the competition and I hadn’t read the piece until I saw it in print. His story is good – really proud of him.
03. I’ve had a week of extreme highs and lows – I had unexpected surgery on Monday to remove a melanoma from my arm. I am still waiting for the histology results but general anesthetics and cancer in December make you reassess stuff.
04. On the upside, I was offered a university place for next year in the course I wanted. Yay. Note: it’s a graduate course so don’t expect any #matureagestudent tweets.
05. I’m not sure how I feel about a movie version of Our Souls at Night – will they be able to capture the tenderness?
06. Holy hell. Look at these peppermint pattie brownies from How Sweet it Is. I’ll do anything for a chocolate and mint combo.
07. This list of tweets made me laugh. Particularly 13, 14, 19, 30, 45, 68, 73, 94 and 97. But hey, I’ll let you find your own funnies on the list.
08. Because we all judge books by their covers, right? (For the record, no.5 turns my stomach and no.27 wins).
09. I’m sorry – how is a novelette distinguished from a novella or short story?
10. It’s outrageous that I don’t have these on my tree… (because: sold out in a flash).
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I do hope your hospital results are good!
Thank you. I’m trying to tell myself that ‘no news is good news’ at the moment – I see my surgeon again next week.
Thinking of you Kate
I can sympathise having had to wait for tests and more tests when all you want to do is get on with either treatment (if the results are not good0 or the rest of your life.
2. Congratulations to your son – impressive!
3. Everything crossed for you to get good results.
4. Yay!
5. I’m not sure either. It was such a delicate story…
6. OMG. Be still my heart…
8. Totally agree about No.5 – yeurgh.
9. Horrible twee name for something which is already named – why?
10. Gin Baubles! The greatest thing to happen to Christmas since Wham’s Last Christmas video, surely?
Seems we agree on everything. Yay 🙂
Fingers firmly crossed for those results, Kate. And congratulations on that uni place. Highs and lows, indeed. As for that film – no thanks!
Thank you Susan.
Well done to your son! And for landing a place on your course! And, yes, all good wishes for the histology results.
Thanks Elle (my son would be horrified if he knew I’d been boasting online 😀 )
Can’t stop a mum from mum-ing!
I hope for everyone’s sake that James sang Reckless!
I hope for your sake the all the results come back negative.
I hope for lovers of Haruf Kent that Jane Fonda and Robert Redford can pull out one of their star quality performances (Jane could do it in On Golden Pond, so I’m feeling hopeful).
I hope it was my family who spotted the gin baubles and bought them all as a surprise for me 😀
Yes, he did Reckless. And Downhearted.
Thank you. Fingers crossed.
Hadn’t started thinking about actors but yes, they could work.
Hahahahaha.
FYI – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Souls_at_Night_(film)
A Movie version of Our Souls at Night?! I’m not sure about that..kind of scares me. I just read that book earlier this year.
Just not convinced the delicacy of the story would translate – would be too easy to exploit the ‘disapproval’ aspects of the story.
I’m hoping for good hospital results…and a Christmas free of worry.
Congrats to your son!
No. 5 was totally loathsome….
Enjoy your week, and here’s MY BOOKISH THURSDAY POST
Health scares are always timely reminders that we shouldn’t sweat the small stuff.
So sorry to hear about your recent surgery, and fingers crossed for good results. Thinking of you.
Thanks.
Geez, hope your results are all clear. Maybe a peppermint pattie brownie will cheer you up? Congrats on the uni course and writing prize – looking forward to hearing all the details.
Still waiting on results – going with theory that ‘no news is good news’ at the moment…
I hope the pathology comes back with the best results possible. Hmmm…not keen for an Our Souls at Night movie. And…Shoppo probably doesn’t quite compare to the FTG Middle hotel where I’ve seen 80s hearthrobs!
K
Thanks. It’s just the waiting that sucks.
Shoppo was marginal, to say the best. Can’t say how the FTG Hotel compares! All the 80s bands are doing the rounds of these venues again and, despite the venues, they’re fun nights out because: live pub music.
03. Hoping the results are good.
04. Congrats!
08. I definitely do. Can’t stand 5 (or the title), 8 gives me a headache, and 6, 7, and 27 are my favourites.
10. Those were clearly made for you.
10. Made for me but not available to me!
Great news about uni xxx
Thanks – looking forward to getting back into it.