Celebrating the VERY small things

It's been a rather dull week, I'm afraid. The household has been plodding along without any excitement - but neither have there been any catastrophes, so I can count that in our weekly quest to Celebrate the Small Things.

I suppose we could also include the fact that I didn't fall off my horse when I went riding last weekend; and that all the seeds I've planted have started to sprout

This week's 'Close But No Cigar' moment came with the notification that my story 'Briefs Encounter' has received a commendation in the CheerReader Spring Short Story Competition. It will be on that website shortly, and I'm going to submit it to Ether Books, should you care to read it.

Anyone had a more exciting week?

Gloria in excelsis!

So I didn't win the CheerReader competition or the most recent Emerald flash fiction comp. Hey ho; maybe next time.

Kettering Camerata in full flow

Had a splendidly musical day on Saturday, rehearsing all afternoon and then performing with the Camerata in the evening - Vivaldi's Gloria and Jenkins' The Armed Man. One or two tricky moments, but I think the fact that we were supported by some excellent musicians carried the day. And as one of our tenors wryly observed: 'At least with Jenkins, at least with Jenkins, if you make a mistake, a mistake, a mistake, you can rely, rely, on there being a repeat, on there being a repeat, so you can have another go, have another go.'  Thank you to friends and family who came along to support us.