I’ve had a good weekend. Had a lot of fun and been a bit more energetic than usual, which is pretty nice, I must say.
Actually, I’ve done the cooking this weekend and that was very therapeutic. I’m a good cook, too, even if I say so myself. Had a lovely chicken casserole on Friday/Saturday and today we had a slightly more upmarket boeuf bourguignon which was rather delicious and I don’t mind bragging about it. Now, being honest, it’s not a difficult dish to cook, but beyond the taste it was particularly delightful to know what went into it and not to wonder what additives and chemicals we were eating.
My kids have chosen a special four course menu for me to cook when it’s Marie’s 40th. That should be fun. They’ll ‘help’, so they say. That normally involves wanting to play with any whisking device etc. and taste anything that looks good. I’m sure they start out intending to help, but that intention soon dissipates once it’s obvious that helping does, in fact, involve actual work.
Well, I just wanted to post a few thoughts before going to sleep since tonight I’m aiming for sleep before 2 am, which is probably my average time. If I get a good night’s sleep I’ll try to wake early and do some exercise. It’s such a lovely way to start the day.
Hello Amin,
Thank you so much for dropping by. Really appreciate it and hope you’ll pop by more often or anytime you like. I’ll answer your comments on Blyton as I will all the others.
I’m also adding your blog to my blogroll link under the title “Amin”.
Perhaps when the weather gets cooler in September (when it doesn’t rain) you can enjoy long walks to help keep the weight down.
It works for me whenever I’m in England.
Glad you had an enjoyable family day and that you enjoy cooking. I wonder now who’s your favourite chef. For some reason, I like the way Gordon Ramsay is passionate over food. This despite his volatile temperament.
Hello again Amin,
Thanks for enjoying my Tarzan post. I find your thoughts insightful and creative.
I wondered if you wouldn’t like to visit my other blogger friends as well.
These are the few who would love your company and I know who would enjoy visiting you and reading your thoughts.
You have may read their comments earlier.
They’re
Windscreen Fly (London)
Atyllah the Hen (the writer who writes this fictional blog is called Nicky)
and also
Brandon (Tales of the Bearded Toad) &
Sam Wright.
They’re all on my blogroll in alphabetical order.
You can mention me if it makes you feel better.
These are writers who keep a steady flow of fiction on their blogs. Sam writes poetry.
It would be great for all of us writers to be friends with each other and encourage and support each other’s ambitions.
I have a few other friends who are on holiday but who I know would also like your company and visiting your blog. I’ll let know them know when they get back in a week.
Do give it a shot, Amin. You’ll have fun.
cheers
Amin – thanks for visiting my Short Short Fiction blog. Please, go ahead with a similar weekly writing exercise. There’s no denying it can be tough going sometimes – but it is very rewarding and the more you write the more you can write! You never know, it might finally unlock that novel in your head!
Good luck with the weight loss as well. With will power and determination I’m sure you’ll get there in the end…and, hey, that’s similar to writing as well!
Susan’s list of bloggers is very interesting. I’m working my way through the list, but I must say the quality of the writing does seem a cut above the average so it makes it well worth spending time there.
I wanted to thank you for stopping by my acting blog, by taking a look at your own blog. Well written, from what I have perused thus far.
I write the occassional fiction myself. I always thought I had a novel in me somewhere as well. Indeed, an extremley rough draft of a novel (adaptation of previously published material) is in my storage bin. Yet I have not gone back to it, and am not sure if I ever will.
I seem to have more luck with short fiction.
Either way, cheers to you and your website!
As to you recent comment on my blog, I suppose one doeshave to stand in wonder, on occassion, at the seemingly built nature the human mind has, to seek out and detect that which is pleasing, even amongst less than ideal circumstances.
I think “liking the original” also illuminates the mind’s propensity to be a blank slate, waiting, if not begging for impression to be made upon it. Certainly a concept that writers, as well as actors, owe a great deal of gratitude towards, in my view.