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Social distancing wasn't a big problem, we just moved away from the pavement whenever we had to pass a pedestrian, which wasn't often.\n\nWe, however, were passed by a hearse. And a house.\n\nObviously, the wicked witch of the west had been extricated from under the house and was on her way to "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/427886745454685580\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/cycling-in-lockdown.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/427886745454685580"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/427886745454685580"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/cycling-in-lockdown.html","title":"Cycling in lockdown"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6989490192945459571"},"published":{"$t":"2019-12-24T10:53:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-12-24T10:54:21.698+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Christmas Fairy"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Angie hated present\nshopping. It was a nightmare when you had hardly any money and\nanything you could afford was totally naff. She decided to have a\nquick look round the shopping centre, because you never know, but\nthen it was off to the Pound Shop to get something plastic and\nuseless for everyone.\n\n\n\nA large heavily\ndecorated Christmas tree took up most of the space in the shopping\ncentre. As "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6989490192945459571\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/the-christmas-fairy.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6989490192945459571"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6989490192945459571"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/the-christmas-fairy.html","title":"The Christmas Fairy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-928489810684514928"},"published":{"$t":"2019-03-02T16:41:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-03-02T16:41:45.129+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I am fine"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"My only sister died at the beginning of this year.\n\nIt was a big shock at the time because she hadn't been ill, but I'm getting over it now.\n\nI'm absolutely fine as long as no one talks to me about death. Or sisters. Or hot tubs, gardens, garden centres, charity shops, carveries, Costa coffee, presents, Alice in Wonderland, decluttering, dogs, chihuahuas, NCIS, hair dye, or Brighton.\n\nAs long as "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/928489810684514928\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/i-am-fine.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/928489810684514928"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/928489810684514928"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/i-am-fine.html","title":"I am fine"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3090226202721076966"},"published":{"$t":"2018-12-01T10:20:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-12-01T10:20:03.552+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I did it again"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Another successful Nano!\n\nHonestly, looking at my record you'd think it was easy and a foregone conclusion that I'd reach 50k but every single time it feels like a huge challenge and in no way certain I'd win.\n\nThis time I started with no plot in mind, just \"sequel to a previous Nano where the MC ends up with the wrong person. Make sure they end up with the right person this time\".\n\nIt's easier "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3090226202721076966\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/i-did-it-again.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3090226202721076966"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3090226202721076966"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/i-did-it-again.html","title":"I did it again"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3845849232357389031"},"published":{"$t":"2018-09-21T07:33:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-09-21T07:33:02.990+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trans women are women."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Speaking as a cis woman, I want to say firmly that trans women are women.\n\nI admit that it took me a while to understand this and I’ve had to broaden my definition of women a bit to reach that conclusion, but it seems ridiculous to define “women” as “cis women” and then say that trans women aren’t in that group (by definition). We can just as well define “women” as “people who know they are women"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3845849232357389031\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/09\/trans-women-are-women.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3845849232357389031"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3845849232357389031"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/09\/trans-women-are-women.html","title":"Trans women are women."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7884801832433269226"},"published":{"$t":"2018-09-19T07:27:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-09-19T07:27:14.055+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Is it that time already?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Last November I wrote about the \"novels\" I'd written during Nanowrimo\u0026nbsp;but at the time I was in the middle of my story and didn't know how it was going to go. It turned out to be one that I had a lot of fun with, so I'm adding it to my list of Nano stories.\n\n2017 This Planet Has More Dangerous Wildlife Than Australia\nA survey team has vanished from a new planet in mysterious circumstances and"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7884801832433269226\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/09\/is-it-that-time-already.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7884801832433269226"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7884801832433269226"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/09\/is-it-that-time-already.html","title":"Is it that time already?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1968280827928809330"},"published":{"$t":"2018-09-17T09:04:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-09-17T09:04:41.102+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Happy, happy, joy, joy!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\nI was lying awake the other night with my thoughts whirling, and decided I needed a more positive frame of mind.\n\nI thought back to my counselling days, and how children were being taught the main emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise. The only one of those that is really positive is happiness, and that seemed to be selling us a bit short. Surely there must be as "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1968280827928809330\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/09\/happy-happy-joy-joy.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1968280827928809330"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1968280827928809330"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2018\/09\/happy-happy-joy-joy.html","title":"Happy, happy, joy, joy!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhUIVtin_ZfIEDaepiEdKDcVgTW26ETSVjBy1AyTGZsVhR5W49B5Kaw3BcjF3rn82pvXh-3VJmYBnvxJ5liGpYeDTDm4KkQWRA65DxdWSrfYvaCIxQXtS-Ew2N7LPYU4nQxRgCo\/s72-c\/cute+kitten+ginger.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3987601639162699347"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-27T18:50:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-11-27T18:52:10.914+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I Did It"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I finished my Nano “novel” today at just over 50,000 words and typed THE END.\n\n50,000 words of science fiction poured from my fingers onto my screen this month.\nThe quality is... indescribable but don't mind that, just look at the number of words! So many words!\n\nI have a purple bar and access to a lot of “prizes” that are mostly money off writing tools that I don’t want to use. I suppose I also "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3987601639162699347\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/ive-done-it.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3987601639162699347"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3987601639162699347"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/ive-done-it.html","title":"I Did It"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5654506846406995213"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-16T10:03:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-11-16T10:05:40.015+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"NaNoWriMo in All Its Glory"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I was asked on Quora about previous Nano novels, and looking back I realised I've had a very chequered Nano career. I’ve got a lot of finished (but mostly unedited) stories and a couple of unfinished ones and the quality really varies.\n\n2004 The Coven.\n\nA group of would-be witches get in over their heads and need help to get one of their own back from an alternate reality.\n\nMostly very bad, but "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5654506846406995213\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/nanowrimo-in-all-its-glory.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5654506846406995213"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5654506846406995213"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/nanowrimo-in-all-its-glory.html","title":"NaNoWriMo in All Its Glory"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3542742615131842985"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-07T07:45:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-11-07T07:48:19.029+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"aliens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Worst Story"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nThis is how I'm keeping track of my word count. I've got two days when I know I won't be able to write so I'm trying to get ahead as much as I can.\n\nI'm already at the stage of using up a lot of my preplanned plot, and feeling that this has to be the worst story ever.\n\nMy aliens look like large blobs of jelly, with many eyes on stalks around the top which are in constant movement. 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This year I don't know if I'll donate because my main support is on Quora and Ravelry and not on the Nano forums which are well-nigh unusable. \n\nI love the creativity of Nano but it's a pity that it's being turned "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/318531923606652729\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/day-three-of-nano.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/318531923606652729"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/318531923606652729"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/11\/day-three-of-nano.html","title":"Day three of Nano"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6207503873862751472"},"published":{"$t":"2017-10-31T10:51:00.003+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-10-31T10:51:41.990+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Am I even a writer?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I usually call myself an “amateur writer” because otherwise I think people will assume that I plan to make money by writing. Nope. It’s a hobby.\n\nStrange, because I don’t call myself an “amateur crocheter” even though I don’t plan to make money from it. 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We're getting into firework season and the cats will have to be kept in early. Xmas approaches and I've already missed overseas posting dates.\n\nOnly three days left to NaNoWriMo\n\nLast year I ignored it and the year before I tried editing instead of writing. I didn't feel I gained much by either strategy. So this year I will again "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3644116401826946737\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/10\/its-that-time-again.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3644116401826946737"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3644116401826946737"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/10\/its-that-time-again.html","title":"It's that time again"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7555224031588713480"},"published":{"$t":"2017-10-06T07:30:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-10-29T09:11:42.590+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my writing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"poetry"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Fall"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.”\n\nNot here. Not now.\n\nThe wind whips leaves from the trees\nIn showers of red, orange, yellow.\nThey carpet the ground with softness, damp and yielding underfoot.\n\nHorse chestnut trees scatter their spiky husks,\nAnd here is a conker:\nRound shiny treasure like polished mahogany\nSitting abandoned on the soggy leaves\nBut not for long.\nChildren will take it to "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7555224031588713480\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/10\/the-fall-season-of-mistsand-mellow.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7555224031588713480"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7555224031588713480"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2017\/10\/the-fall-season-of-mistsand-mellow.html","title":"The Fall"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6322520726367553493"},"published":{"$t":"2016-09-30T17:53:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-30T17:53:11.142+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I just keep levelling up!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nIt might not look like much, but that little device takes sound direct from my phone or laptop, increases all the bits that I need louder, and puts it straight into my hearing aids by bluetooth!\n\nIn effect, it turns my hearing aids into headphones. Which is fantastic! Because normal headphones just aren't compatible with hearing aids.\n\nI can watch YouTube, even if there is someone else in the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6322520726367553493\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/i-just-keep-levelling-up.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6322520726367553493"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6322520726367553493"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/i-just-keep-levelling-up.html","title":"I just keep levelling up!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgbh72CHGfP0i-gGwGmf0lOzvaXxzwZfa9ZFPnK6IH6X0SiH5qFgCeafZM4iFrr6RP7gP5CMCJ9oOPJS0si3FsgcJzGOG1tH0MYvr7QUIy_OrnmbeW82tKfvalvKuzV54dextdA\/s72-c\/Phonak-ComPilot.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5853704593966746390"},"published":{"$t":"2016-06-10T09:26:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-06-10T09:43:17.809+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How much to pay for bionic hearing?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI realised half-way through that I've written this post for myself, to help me sort out my thoughts, so please feel free to ignore it! Although if you have any thoughts I'd be very happy to hear them.\n\nMy hearing aids just aren't good enough and the NHS can't do any better for me, apparently.\n\nMy hearing is good for deep sounds but drops sharply for higher pitched sounds, especially in my "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5853704593966746390\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/musings-about-buying-hearing-aids.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5853704593966746390"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5853704593966746390"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/musings-about-buying-hearing-aids.html","title":"How much to pay for bionic hearing?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNrTL_zSmMYguAM0bCiIhjIvW5DZR-o7doXBhMAO8068qe7IV8RU-RSlnKnrVXVPrbBHqZNIhhXcddPYegL9FeILG11Ws6XPVLbD9twJvUDwHwkw2ItOsdtMxIZZZqmLrYYYLD\/s72-c\/sample-audiogram.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3334520753135706502"},"published":{"$t":"2016-05-25T17:36:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-12-04T14:44:08.917+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Sphinx: a flash fiction morsel"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nYou are standing on\na vast sandy plain that extends in all directions. 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Not for being drunk and disorderly, or for starting a fight, or for peeing into a pot plant instead of the loo. No, he was slung out for having bare feet.\n\nThat hit a nerve so I started looking for a campaign for people to be able to wear whatever they like and found that Amazon Fashion\u0026nbsp;is running one, or so it says. \"Wear whatever you "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/926242643227017090\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/dont-ban-hobbits.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/926242643227017090"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/926242643227017090"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/dont-ban-hobbits.html","title":"Don't Ban the Hobbits!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhdWmyOsk3GVaM6UCxM169SkCpO5mKgjt39nT-GtRLFVvscHWPf23x5dY9aJlZjLtjUxgDtIRZm8RlMlak_CKNeUcPiB3PAU9_RBZbkvLualViCJ43O5xO9NtIoYVLtebpIaFOK\/s72-c\/wish-i-could-wear-campaign-e1447412355585.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3081420965545849823"},"published":{"$t":"2016-01-05T10:44:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-05T10:44:37.834+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A bit of fun"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\n\nI read recently that keeping a picture journal can be good for your mood so I thought I'd give it a go. Anything to add a bit of colour when the days are dark and gloomy. I've got some felt tips and I thought I'd just write and doodle as the mood takes me, without worrying too much about what it turns out like; after all, with felt tips there's no rubbing out.\n\n\n\nSo far, I have \"mud, mud, "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3081420965545849823\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/01\/a-bit-of-fun.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3081420965545849823"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3081420965545849823"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2016\/01\/a-bit-of-fun.html","title":"A bit of fun"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgDx_OoXZE6_KKVm-d8WjTOa0V8o6DE6WNzjj1wcWxAO0cZxLO2qZbN5GQdMguyzhxhbryQsSK26EWSXYRRbwgvGjJs9iQF5IDg_IOtM98oxTvUfuzceW5eFxXRrpytjoNYlnsF\/s72-c\/20160105_102807.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5619299654580558213"},"published":{"$t":"2015-11-29T08:55:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-11-29T08:55:11.421+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm done"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI completed the Nano challenge\u0026nbsp;and I'm now the proud owner of 50,000 words that I wrote myself. 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My shoulders droop, my legs tremble, and my hands are red and raw.\n\nFor the last three weeks I have had to wash up.\n\nI know, first world problems and all that. Thank the gods it's not the washing machine.\n\nWell actually the washing machine did break down and it wasn't covered by guarantee, so we had to buy a new one. Ordered on Saturday, delivered on Monday"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7242444392322267560\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/04\/schrodingers-dishwasher.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7242444392322267560"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7242444392322267560"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/04\/schrodingers-dishwasher.html","title":"Schrödinger's Dishwasher"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiwPS_6NHz4hRiMCSIRfjU67rCEDmpXkFdwmKHdRv1usxivTFp7llvx4XKljgMLsbwed8jb1Riln11OYQh-bIohZX7YHPTQ9MOsD4KWUuDv9xugmwhyphenhyphenL1iZY_Oq7sAkiv_XGpZ-\/s72-c\/dishwasher+1950s.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5450206870937472442"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-20T10:40:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-03-20T10:45:40.049+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Exciting Eclipse"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"There was a partial eclipse here today and I was all ready to look at it with my pinhole camera, aka two pieces of paper one of them with a hole in it. I didn't get the chance to use it because of the cloud cover but there was other excitement instead!\n\nIt was just getting really dark \noutside when there was a terrible loud noise like a hundred rain sticks \nall being used at once. I rushed to "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5450206870937472442\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/not-total-eclipse.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5450206870937472442"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5450206870937472442"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/not-total-eclipse.html","title":"Exciting Eclipse"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6715070118543033132"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-13T09:57:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-03-13T09:57:32.958+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"We shall not see his like again..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nSir Terry Pratchett 1948 - 2015\n\nI've read all his books, many of them several times. I was at a local  library where he spoke about his life and work, maybe twenty years ago  now. He signed a book for me. He was very engaging.\n\nWhen my  father died at age 62, Pratchett's books were one of the things that  helped me to get through. 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There's a Scavenger Hunt and a Mystery Crochet A Long and lots of other fun and games. Maybe I'll see you over there.\n\nOne challenge is to \"write your name in crochet\" and I got as far as \"fairy\" and gave up. In my defence, I'm still getting over the flu. It's the first year I've had flu in a long time and after "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4978367661586734783\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/crochet-party.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4978367661586734783"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4978367661586734783"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/crochet-party.html","title":"Crochet Party"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjtVdtY9Y8OzimkfPd3RzqxavsCH-TwInITyKdtP0HdC_xZZ-T7eDovtL8GCR6gPp6Lk8Xb4DIsMSmQdJDvi2TrmmpYvgKFTHQCQsfWFJs5eHeGWyQs47S1sDx8Vs0hzhyQ2LNU\/s72-c\/150303-162752.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6813311590763168650"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-09T07:00:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-09T07:00:00.926+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AI"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blog stuff"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my blog"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"robots"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Turing test"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm Not A Robot"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nSometimes Blogger gets the message. Sometimes it doesn't recognise me and I have to type in words to prove my humanity. Who knew that one day we'd all be proving we're not AIs by copy typing nonsense letters that appear on a screen? I always thought a Turing test would be more interesting than that.\n\nEvery time it happens on this blog I want to scream.\n\nBlogger is supposed to recognise me so "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6813311590763168650\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/im-not-robot.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6813311590763168650"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6813311590763168650"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/im-not-robot.html","title":"I'm Not A Robot"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgZMuOydiTz13J1SUHkz7pZQQYZ1cX1yKPoXydgnBclayn6YjyLlC6lFRpVprjX7lctQUkz069FZaoSG5HXD85MUB3lKPAx0s3P_kHcaY-ioi3LYIblCtJQ6b61iJ2jmXl2SUID\/s72-c\/captcha+recaptcha+thingie.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7506618021505621924"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-06T19:04:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-06T19:04:22.545+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"technology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weird"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Could you read this book?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nIt's not as easy as it seems. The book will only open if you approach it with a neutral face. It won't open if you're looking sceptical - or even if you're excited! That's me done for then.\n\nI'm not entirely sure that I can see a use for it except as an idea for a science fiction story. 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It's only small at the moment: three or four of us meeting in a pub. It's local though and it's nice to meet other people to talk about books.\n\nThis month we read How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran and it was a challenging read. Not that the book is hard or literary, or even very long. The trouble is, it's all about sex and as I read I kept thinking \"We can't talk "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2420444711823312213\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/you-cant-say-that.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2420444711823312213"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2420444711823312213"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/you-cant-say-that.html","title":"You can't say that!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhL8Ty6Tl3a3ZydQ1AWycp452KpRHvGdvaStQIfPd-Hddxm_9miVDufjEzuw1wPKoqbPsMHiLWURB2W-_CWgFM3cwvu_Kt7UpQL1X1t0TrJDVG7IupTSnrgmcaZUZLT5is0x0nk\/s72-c\/howtobuildagirl.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4401160232858225289"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-02T17:29:00.003+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-02T17:51:36.141+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rufus"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Slightly Stunned"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nRufus has just got back from the vet after having the wire removed which was keeping his broken jaw in place. He had it removed under anaesthetic, so he's still a bit woozy.\n\nFor the last six weeks he's been unable to go outside. For five of those weeks he's been almost unbearable. He should be able to go out again on Wednesday, so fingers crossed."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4401160232858225289\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/slightly-stunned.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4401160232858225289"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4401160232858225289"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/slightly-stunned.html","title":"Slightly Stunned"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiyFHIKxSccVw0Jmk_syK3eYACYUQGf6SEGQFfTu_SvVOursyA4_v81GIyoJRF7xxVEDVwd-4Ne-7BAdGDH5S1qKoTTDCrdgRolwSAU0c7xqRve8eiwEexsuN1zJbQeP_Hi3LVE\/s72-c\/150202-172052.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4543829543376837811"},"published":{"$t":"2014-11-20T09:03:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-11-20T09:03:22.916+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Going Backwards"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI am the proud owner of 23,000 words of original writing. (Well, not very original writing but I wrote it all myself!) That makes me 10,000 words behind my goal for today.\n\nYesterday I cut 7,000 words from my story. It was going in the wrong direction and I wasn't liking it. 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Some of them seem less wonderful (I'm thinking of Manet here). Most of them are more impressive. 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When a friend posted on Facebook on November 2nd about being unprepared, I found myself in the same situation. I had no plot, no characters and no ideas. All I had was a blank spreadsheet ready for me to put in my daily word count.\n\nBut somehow my friend's post spurred me on and I wrote 2,000 words. I did the same again today. 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So I stalked him online (well, I looked at his \nprofile on \nRavelry anyway) and found his blog\n and he's doing a readalong of Le Deuxième Sexe by Simone de Beauvoir.\n\nI'm planning to join in if my blood pressure will let me. 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At least Myers Briggs gives you 16 and not just the either\/or of extrovert\/introvert. 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It wasn't a children's story, either.\n\nA sad, lonely, female dinosaur is horribly killed in flames\nSomeone is mugged and his eyes removed\nA balloon carrying the Doctor is made of human skin\nThe Doctor mugs a tramp (although he thinks better of it and gives "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3339808195224522898\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/warning-doctor-who-spoilers.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3339808195224522898"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3339808195224522898"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/warning-doctor-who-spoilers.html","title":"Warning: Doctor Who Spoilers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-305275380405021740"},"published":{"$t":"2014-06-21T10:43:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-09-29T11:01:40.195+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Happy Midsummer with a free book!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Happy Midsummer's Day everyone! And a freebie:\n\n\n\n\nI've just finished reading the Touchstone trilogy and loved it. Book One is free for the Kindle, so although this is only the first third of the story it gives you the chance to decide if it's worth spending the £5.92 to read the whole story. 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Would you like an amazon gift voucher? Then you need to go to Indie Writers Monthly Blogspot for details of their competition.\n\nThe competition closes on 15th June. 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Whirlochre wrote about the \"Torrential Rain Fest of Biblical Proportions\" and he was right. My Beloved and I went to Surrey County Show and the mud reached the top of my thighs. (Splattered up to there, I mean. 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I wore ski pants and had short hair and so I got called \"son\" occasionally. Girls were really meant to wear dresses and have long hair, which I quite liked some of the time but dresses are rubbish for climbing trees.\n\nAnd now women can wear trousers but men are not supposed to wear skirts. 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It's absolutely beautiful there but if you're on a bike you need to watch out for the local dialect when asking advice on where to cycle.\n\nIt's flat. Translation: various ups and downs but nothing a novice cyclist can't manage with a bit of "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5193094955481217365\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/a-guide-to-devon-dialect-terms-for.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5193094955481217365"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5193094955481217365"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/a-guide-to-devon-dialect-terms-for.html","title":"A Guide to Devon Dialect Terms for Cyclists"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgK-QFLcs9Rw6RAFjYcfVvMq5Id_6hakOxPtiMRCy3fkUgurkKBDOhebOUXj98iFAYCtwnOu9KYeA1JIbduSvWHssEAiDOv0ayNYoPWy85hagQc8Km8bi5CfyMom-lMYfUXG3pZ\/s72-c\/tarkatrail.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7624055319532039177"},"published":{"$t":"2014-04-08T09:43:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-04-08T09:45:08.492+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ebooks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science fiction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sunstruck"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nPolenth has published a book that I really enjoyed. It's a paranormal story, a cop buddy story, and a mystery story all rolled into one but somehow she's made it more than any of those. She's taken the legend of Bigfoot (which I would never have guessed could be interesting) and created a culture for them that that I found intriguing and convincing. It read to me like good science fiction where "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7624055319532039177\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/polenth-has-published-book-that-i.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7624055319532039177"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7624055319532039177"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/polenth-has-published-book-that-i.html","title":"Sunstruck"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiREpn6RvAi3KprHh6IfTsTjLqWSLNPdxLm_diJkNItJrYSQgfJUa3dq7N2ik52eRxOJuQ3gMeYv4kwopfv_E2Wq9Cw8LiduMtrtHZsv_HMHHX82A2Xogfy5bBeAYQiQkqYIZyi\/s72-c\/sunstruck.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7146486002737309458"},"published":{"$t":"2014-04-06T09:34:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-04-06T09:34:58.172+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hey, that's mine!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\u0026nbsp;\nThis newly finished shawl was just set out to dry after a wash to soften it up when Rufus decided to come and groom himself on it. After all, the ground was wet and muddy out and he needed somewhere clean where he could get the dirt off his paws.\n\nDid I say it was a shawl? That was what Sarah, who wrote the pattern, called it but she was wrong. Clearly it's a cat blanket. 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Anyone else remember bran tubs? It smelt heavenly as I dived into it.\n\n\n\nThis is how we started the party. I'd decided to go for the subtle look.\n\n\n\n\nSadly, Neil didn't get the chance to play during the party.\u0026nbsp; The guitars were authentic decor though - I seem to remember a guitar in every student bedroom when I was young!\n\n\n\n\nHere is my "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5479184371569101392\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/now-we-are-60.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5479184371569101392"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5479184371569101392"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/now-we-are-60.html","title":"Now We Are 60"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiwn2KfUQGB0EqZWOXtWB7ttBSafXo7UtweoJOsROJO0cePk64bZgxQmH0M9zZzA4GKejFNpK-ODlWvPqTEi-7IXiFervLmezTgvTo8Anx32BmUQyfGDVKhjK8NVgwlGhLS0FdI\/s72-c\/DSC03834.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8016570737674784934"},"published":{"$t":"2014-03-14T09:54:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-03-16T12:39:08.367+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bloody idiots"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gender"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Books For Boys And Girls"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\nPeople pressurising bookshops to stop labelling books as \"for girls\" or \"for boys\" just don't understand: gendered children's books are easier to sell than non-gendered ones. \n\nSo that's all right then."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8016570737674784934\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/people-pressurising-bookshops-to-stop.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8016570737674784934"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8016570737674784934"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/people-pressurising-bookshops-to-stop.html","title":"Books For Boys And Girls"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-494982279521934787"},"published":{"$t":"2014-02-28T07:03:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-28T07:04:21.363+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"other people's blogs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"simon kewin"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Teaser"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nYou might remember some very good advice Simon Kewin gave a while back about writing. Well, today he's revealing the cover for his fantasy novel Hedge Witch which will be published later this year.\n\nSimon has published a lot of excellent short, flash, and twitter fiction and had a novel Engn published by December House. 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In France, though, in summer on the beach it sounds like a fun idea.\n\nA charming French book for children called Tous à Poil, which translates as \"Everyone (gets) Naked\", is causing rather a stir\u0026nbsp; because it shows people doing just that. 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Apparently the rainbow background is meant to support gay sports people and has nothing to do with Noah's ark. \n\n\nI just hope that Russia rethinks its anti-gay stance in the light of all this media attention."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8456928201985094216\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/canada-poking-fun.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8456928201985094216"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8456928201985094216"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/canada-poking-fun.html","title":"Canada Poking Fun"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEixIiGYv_izaMEQwZfsp3htupS3rAwz8R-X2UuGHDEKS-DakbAKiRIoFdlIWZHn1jD2dHQW8i1BuYSwAIA_0GyI8cnjJ36lQA20fkOuiuv1NXfthumCzvj8B3ef7RTRyq0FWn9u\/s72-c\/Google-doodle-008.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4311746097287859023"},"published":{"$t":"2014-02-06T09:44:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-06T09:55:20.052+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gay"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"GLBT"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sexuality"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sexy Lady"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nIf you like this comic there are more at Scandinavia and the World\n\nI've just heard about Anything That Loves, which is a comic book that's just come out about being bi. 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It took me a few moments to get it the first time I saw it*.\n\n\n\n\n*If you don't get it, try googling for the scientific symbol for Potassium. 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Riveting.  I kind of wish I could join him, because at least then we’d both be unconscious.\n\nI did try reading Fifty Shades but to me it reads like really bad fan-fiction. 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It's a good job he backed it all up for me recently! \n\nI loved it for it's light weight, long battery life, cool running, and matt screen but the hard drive had to be replaced just before the first year warranty ran out, and a year later it looks "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3551102029990699953\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/which-laptop.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3551102029990699953"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3551102029990699953"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/which-laptop.html","title":"Which laptop?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgZhhFX9TPMmQfF2n3yK9uyOtigsiHFLvY9PPdV1UccK4wsZgwjeAlKcq3-tatztyK8z_5SRWwxXy5oXBrjfQpEK3YZYneRkqZMPdJ-femF0-RGMv8IKKsSAmON1V9o0bmKZei3\/s72-c\/acer+travelmat+laptop.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6808226234336147760"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-12T13:13:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:10:35.317+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Caption competition"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nHalloween came and went then I got a tummy bug, so last week was a write-off. Inspiration has fled; I'm trying to get out invitations to my birthday party, buy Xmas presents, get ready for my winter skiing holiday, get my new glasses sorted so that I can see through them, and edit 50k words for Nanowrimo.\n\nNone out of five isn't bad. Is it?\n\nAs I'm feeling uninspired, I thought I'd turn to you"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6808226234336147760\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/caption-competition.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6808226234336147760"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6808226234336147760"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/caption-competition.html","title":"Caption competition"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjGc-uTiRl-kL5Kp8WZZPrbNf6lhCULApmPZli3A1wpahTQp-zW5bmU0Y-ZWtfGTILKAtsBKeHU4vFyuEXQ6WwFAWPZXKVQbb4uYSyzQzopkNVwpf_Dlxvt4aj3hWEin8XFBRDp\/s72-c\/IMAG1021.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-2493376220889093287"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-31T07:40:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-31T07:56:06.635+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Chocolate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Are you ready?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Nanowrimo starts tomorrow. Are your pencils all sharpened, your notebooks at the ready, your laptop battery charged, your wordcount spreadsheets updated? Do you have snacks and coffee and chocolate to hand? Most importantly of all, do you have an outline?\n\nActually, skip that last one. You don't need to know where your story is going when you start writing; some of us only find out what the story"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2493376220889093287\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/are-you-ready.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2493376220889093287"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2493376220889093287"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/are-you-ready.html","title":"Are you ready?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8869127184305241889"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-28T07:00:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-31T07:54:07.020+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"King Rufus"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nWe found the dog bed in a charity shop and it looked the right size for our cats so we brought it home. I rather liked the gold edging; I thought it gave the bed that throne ambiance that every cat should have.\n\nBoth cats sniffed at it then left it alone.\n\nI wasn't going to be defeated so I had a cunning plan. I put the bed on the settee and sat on it like a cushion. Then after a while I went "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8869127184305241889\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/king-rufus.html#comment-form","title":"12 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8869127184305241889"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8869127184305241889"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/king-rufus.html","title":"King Rufus"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiFpC1A9EMU6ise6hjPc5f3ccAdOADHyahW5yH5wzF52UEgV57dxdhXRe0cgfaQeQJzY4XOOOiuuTlzFChlYxHPvu3i6A4U4_CK5PZ2_DAREEQCVHbhpiSaJL7SbXXvmsOvQAs_\/s72-c\/IMAG1016.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"12"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3268418464057740869"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-26T09:53:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-27T20:45:36.454+00:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Clocks go back"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nIf you're in the UK, don't forget the clocks go back tonight. And if you want something to cheer you up while thinking about the long, dark evenings ahead, you might want to revisit this old post."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3268418464057740869\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/clocks-go-back.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3268418464057740869"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3268418464057740869"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/clocks-go-back.html","title":"Clocks go back"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7147047175443750896"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-24T08:02:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-31T07:55:46.162+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nearly November"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Just eight days to go till the start of Nanowrimo.\n\nI've written seven 50k stories and one of 24k during previous Nanowrimos and they all languish unedited. I think it's time to change that so this year I'm not going to be nanoing, I'm going to be editing.\n\nIt's going to be hard because, hey, 50,000 words! That's a lot of words to edit! And also I love seeing my word count going up during Nano "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7147047175443750896\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/nearly-november.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7147047175443750896"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7147047175443750896"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/nearly-november.html","title":"Nearly November"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh9156VJW0cpuN_rrnlgoGcOaEcB_S-dSC5O9RS0iQc0KJoQ3_yAgr_1qjZVNxeKatCTkh25lQJJriKZpicAa1cmvXCJKjMS0lEy5xttvpwVjv_ffWica4Nm6VlHKPVPkXBK6Bm\/s72-c\/editing.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5741070904383672089"},"published":{"$t":"2013-08-21T09:12:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-08-21T09:12:26.332+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Don't blame me if I'm fat!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nNo, this isn't about all the weight I put on on holiday!\u0026nbsp;This brilliant article explains why it's just too simplistic to accuse people who are overweight of a lack of will power leading to eating too much. How do we know it's not just that? Because many species of animals that live close to humans and who are on restricted diets are also getting fatter. It's not just about intake calories"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5741070904383672089\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/dont-blame-me-if-im-fat.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5741070904383672089"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5741070904383672089"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/dont-blame-me-if-im-fat.html","title":"Don't blame me if I'm fat!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4586586541983940414"},"published":{"$t":"2013-08-18T17:57:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:11:20.137+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"France"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"travel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Return"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nSo, I'm back from France after two weeks without internet and I'm still sane. Whee, gibber, gibber. \n\nGoing cold turkey didn't affect me at all. My hovercraft is full of eels.\n\nIt's fine. You just have to decide not to care that you can't check anything online, play any games, find any crochet patterns, or chat to any friends. Life without google is great. No really, you should try it. You "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4586586541983940414\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/so-im-back-from-france-after-two-weeks.html#comment-form","title":"12 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4586586541983940414"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4586586541983940414"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/so-im-back-from-france-after-two-weeks.html","title":"The Return"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhk-Q5HF56gEJobzIcQ0MOh7MbXdZ5jBJGUnHT9mlD-0FL4VcizJ2agnLGcUIV8Yv_4_8KJypwOuRm_XncqSWHVleY1mp4BKhwuYuBBuLxLd_B6K10xkVABgSwEAXa8CIbtA1tk\/s72-c\/IMAG0970.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"12"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3199683547060289667"},"published":{"$t":"2013-08-01T10:50:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:11:40.069+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"France"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"travel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Goodbye!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\nBut only for a couple of weeks.\n\nI'm off on my holidays to sunny Brittany; well, I hope it will be sunny anyway.\n\nBe good while I'm away and don't make a mess in here or at least if you do then please clear up after yourselves.\n\nSee you later!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3199683547060289667\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/goodbye.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3199683547060289667"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3199683547060289667"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/goodbye.html","title":"Goodbye!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhWV9KFfCPboBf171DIiWSnkxdrn7s6w5QkQ_5QmMud70VSo_g1aJIwPkaHi7vY7Lho8W8UnWTl6ZU1RWntblLV97Dl0KTHPxKZMt5jhvLBjEt015Q6nnrB5wSt142ae_TWYcuj\/s72-c\/french+bike.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1580252844226759512"},"published":{"$t":"2013-07-26T09:01:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:12:11.728+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"job"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ravelry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"social media"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Where was I?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\nThe way I see it is this: using Twitter is like singing in the street for all to hear, whereas Facebook is chatting with friends in a busy shopping centre where any of your friends, family, neighbours and colleagues can overhear and you might not notice them listening. Email is a private chat if you can get anyone to leave Facebook for five minutes to talk to you. \n\nBlogger is a private work "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1580252844226759512\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/where-was-i.html#comment-form","title":"11 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1580252844226759512"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1580252844226759512"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/where-was-i.html","title":"Where was I?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjeR7rU77YqyVADLSvR0uihhKVGAP7ELB6ldYBdAREW3pRRs4XxtFMVnvd97WDztMJEoDc_Q7mwW6pnEnNca0usiA7o-krCAn9chU2LlADkW9qJ_XIIljqsDDBrJsdLhTddO4mR\/s72-c\/Social-Media.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"11"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4090137298326042879"},"published":{"$t":"2013-04-03T12:45:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-04-03T12:45:53.437+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"vent"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weather"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"whingeing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Spring forward"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\nIt's 2°C\/36°F outside and feels colder with the wind chill. The seasonal average for Epsom is around 12°C\/54°F. I don't think the temperature has been much above 5°C since Christmas but I may be wrong.\n\nWe put the clocks forward at the weekend; you know: spring forward (fall back). It doesn't feel much like spring here."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4090137298326042879\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/spring-forward.html#comment-form","title":"21 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4090137298326042879"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4090137298326042879"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/spring-forward.html","title":"Spring forward"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg2nPDZxDICnWdqDQDzUXLPdllBnr9T3chT2cazF5qGI864FLPi6U7_kvgWjTLlJHScUFCv9GUDzl-_icMpHnZBTbLz0WjnyYo9KpNf5HO5NtlMyHrhxGV1AWRsByTjOq0JqEjU\/s72-c\/summer+file+not+found.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"21"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7158912643708562965"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-15T09:53:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-15T09:53:00.089+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cfs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"health"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Lightning Process"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI've been meaning to write for a while about how I got better from ME\/CFS. Those of you who have met me face to face will know that I had several really bad years with CFS; I was mostly housebound and completely unable to work. Any time I did something really tiring, like meeting friends in London, I'd pay for it with days or weeks of pain and exhaustion.\n\nWeekly Vitamin B12 injections helped "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7158912643708562965\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/the-lightning-process.html#comment-form","title":"17 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7158912643708562965"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7158912643708562965"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/the-lightning-process.html","title":"The Lightning Process"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"17"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-999296927831727460"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-13T09:45:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:13:02.924+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"job"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Don't give up the day job?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nFrom Bo's Cafe Life\n\n\nI've just been reading You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing and it made me think about what it's like to be a professional writer.\n\nScalzi has an interesting history. He's known since he was around fourteen that he wanted to write for a living because it was easy for him compared to say, maths. He's making a good living at"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/999296927831727460\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/dont-give-up-day-job.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/999296927831727460"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/999296927831727460"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/dont-give-up-day-job.html","title":"Don't give up the day job?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgKMh0G6cMliOYIITkqMjhazNE6UcdFZixR1ZOuKF_MRaCFfhcbjvizkumXTnRRjpNRIJGd4tOMyQ7itmEBPuuF3gzzOU52dzZRf3iYduQeuCmjWJwOhw20Q5FR305c0jMAOXjU\/s72-c\/things-youll-regret-crap.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1237539477839483616"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-03T16:07:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-03T16:07:18.721+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pictures I Found On My Phone"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I was going to call this post something posh like \"2012 Retrospective\" but then I decided to go with honesty: these are the pictures I found on my phone. They remind me of some of the good times I had last year.\n\n\n\nProbaby Denbies Vineyard, probably summer 2012\n\n\n\nBonnie enjoying the summer sun\n\n\n\nWalking near the New Inn at Send\n\n\n\nRufus in his hammock\n\n\n\nWhere I work, sans children (because of "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1237539477839483616\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/pictures-i-found-on-my-phone.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1237539477839483616"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1237539477839483616"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/pictures-i-found-on-my-phone.html","title":"Pictures I Found On My Phone"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhKLn-0HlIN0DM2g3RpzhUVngw6B9pbnjnDAo89jOrKsRbWTfWThg-LBt_MtoUxtIkQvTK-fQP4lDS7HJ8uX-Q7CcqwvntQ4Zlcjg1aNAwlzc6cMHhku-Cmx2g7AdOqIjs9cHR0\/s72-c\/IMAG0706.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3469949823731828975"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-02T12:47:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:13:30.643+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"xmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Year Family Fun"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nHere is Bonnie winning herself some gems in the Hobbit game; sadly the whole party of dwarves got eaten but she had the most gems, so she was the richest, dead dwarf of us all."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3469949823731828975\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/new-year-family-fun.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3469949823731828975"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3469949823731828975"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/new-year-family-fun.html","title":"New Year Family Fun"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgxkn4c41j200Yy06uOTnt7vrrYrEPMFS6pW5dX99SPucciyfP86sHVbZpweTTlUN_d04bN3aSVopyYDpPWG_g_e9V8x_HA5P_upQ94zixP0T-7jRMjCAnt1WcO1mk7ZpmEU2Tz\/s72-c\/new+year+cat+hobbit.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4790954228758891629"},"published":{"$t":"2012-12-25T14:47:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-12-25T14:48:40.642+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"xmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cats at Christmas"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Rufus caught a bird yesterday and we found it rather messily dead on the kitchen floor. But to make up for it, I got a lovely card from the cats today.\n\nThe envelope said: TO OUR SERVANT NO 1\n\n\nIn case you can't read the dialogue:\n\nRufus: What's all this Christmas fuss about?\nBonnie: It's a time of goodwill to all cats and their servants. (Not mice.)\nBonnie: All I see is an empty dish.\n\n\nBonnie: "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4790954228758891629\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/cats-at-christmas.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4790954228758891629"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4790954228758891629"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/cats-at-christmas.html","title":"Cats at Christmas"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhKwvVLYj-vnKpyFtZ_3ni0KUdHL3G1zr_noHqyR23PPllBSrAJavKpq5MZ-flO6VHjeCyIJzquBB_0zT1K5HAdBYIziOkTi8B_tTIYQr-lzezFAra4iG8n42rT-eCZppTSHTY1\/s72-c\/kittens1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1437043226920517586"},"published":{"$t":"2012-12-13T08:53:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-12-13T08:54:18.045+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"xmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Merry Advent!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nFrom Tea with the Squash God\n\nI hope you're all coping with the run-up to Christmas! I'm behind with my present-buying and card-writing and work is slightly insane at the moment; that's what you get when everyone is stressed out and the children are over-excited.\n\nBut other than that, everything's fine! What about you?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1437043226920517586\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/merry-advent.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1437043226920517586"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1437043226920517586"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/merry-advent.html","title":"Merry Advent!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEil_9xsA5o1DdeSJlh-_XfbfZHif7UEC38tTQ_RR2fKIDTV5XSnp9bpzStmM1V6BRcX3ltX738sawlTPLckXIUfpGbMDSqFEktECIpg1JTsjpA2d8Dy1_rvy2U38jsJ3YRNw0KK\/s72-c\/xmastreedino.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1099032876705650658"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-29T10:13:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-29T10:16:57.888+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I did it!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\n\nI thought I'd given up at one point but somehow I could never bring myself to abandon the challenge completely. I think this might be my worst story yet but I'm sure there will be salvageable ideas in it.\n\nMy poor main characters are currently exploring a distant future and I think I ought to bring them back home before I call it quits. \n\nI grew to like some of my main characters, although "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1099032876705650658\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/i-did-it.html#comment-form","title":"21 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1099032876705650658"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1099032876705650658"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/i-did-it.html","title":"I did it!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhYMRzgR8_jDHGjNBJiEKnIsGLdgcs8RN_J1g9wG9fWn7OlU_FbmAJwSIEaUl9K7xl6Byj0D0BbjYUAjYSXUnwCjKGY9nOmEngzMQ67Ttavfib0aC1crS0vNS8EFiXD4rR18ltN\/s72-c\/winners+cert+signed.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"21"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5086101391496819982"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-20T09:53:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-29T10:14:59.331+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"penguin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Random Penguin"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nOkay, now I've done it. I've included a random penguin and a crocheted chicken suit in my Nanomuddle.\n\nI was doing so well the first eight days then I ran out of plot. It's been an uphill struggle since then and I'm getting desperate.\n\nOddly enough, I kind of expected this. I know that I always get to a stage where I have nothing left to write and have to pull ideas out of the air. 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It's the latest book by Lexi Revellian and I loved it. She just goes on getting better which I wouldn't have thought was possible.\n\nTori is stranded in an England covered up to 20m deep in snow; can she find her way south to warmer climes? \n\nThere's a great cast of characters and I was so drawn into the story that I was surprised to look up from the book and see "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1557452093633760694\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/ice-diaries.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1557452093633760694"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1557452093633760694"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/ice-diaries.html","title":"Ice Diaries "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhxtea_WV-5HyG5aQJ2daDRzJQM3XxKWnlf-_7uqIXch_H8nPhi118T7vzaHwoobkU62bMnFgOZ-_xdE4yt-pmXYg8CrjixMVesJMpldYNloK2jc0hEjkor2WEkCM2dCLf2RNY1\/s72-c\/Ice+Diaries+snow+globe+with+figure+and+scarf+600+pixels.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5806125973062809437"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-01T09:10:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-29T10:15:29.238+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"excel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geek"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"On the first day of Nano"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI've written 2000 words. \n\nIt always surprises me how tired I feel afterwards! I need to write 1786 words a day if I want to get to 50k by the end of November, allowing for two days off. 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Mind you, I was a bit busy in the 80s what with having babies and all.\u0026nbsp; I still find it hard to realise that it's been available all these years and I've only just discovered it!\n\nFor those of you who haven't discovered it yet: Lois McMaster Bujold has written a series that "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4528918434317234825\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/space-opera-and-georgette-heyer.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4528918434317234825"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4528918434317234825"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/space-opera-and-georgette-heyer.html","title":"Space opera and Georgette Heyer"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjDFZThUQ4AKFTuHtfbJqzK3yaH0ziLV82jQdDc9Cd5SpF_3IN1r5pU0fASHWTbGY5YtjZYFM0LUHAR_4a98aWPyyz9zrsxcrjawjD9DmJAnFxyJNUwUYdi-OYQG1qZ6wB1jVWr\/s72-c\/warriors+apprentice.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5498774921938965219"},"published":{"$t":"2012-10-20T11:43:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-10-20T11:44:09.200+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicken"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chicken"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nA lot of Nanowrimoers have friends who don't understand why they would want to do such a strange thing as to try to write a novel in a month unless there's some big prize at the end of it. \n\nFor me, it's like running a marathon. 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I've saved my link to Written? Kitten! and I've got plenty of chocolate to reward myself. Is there anything I've forgotten?\n\nOh yes. 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Who can resist the lure of a kitten?\n\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2811019769897631106\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/too-cute-for-words.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2811019769897631106"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2811019769897631106"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/too-cute-for-words.html","title":"Too cute for words!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhmRz6boHC3vKt_F-4pvdVK6vNcmSmphjYRIKw5PFJZiAAWbGP8WOyPGQx68VyCPg_OcaViRvnexu502Gca7UV7hErahw0nNndEVZzLmwKbpuXtGEgIjmDvmh1l614bBUmIVCvq\/s72-c\/cat+tongue+stuck.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5693234905475678516"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-23T18:11:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-23T18:15:28.631+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ebooks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paranormal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"romance"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A discovery"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI met Sarah Wynde in the comment trail over on Lexi Revellian's blog. She was explaining her views on fan fiction and sounded like someone I'd like to know, so I visited her blog. And found her self-published novels. And discovered that they are delightful.\n\n A Gift of Ghosts is a paranormal love story written in a fresh, lively style. 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The picture here (not for the faint-hearted!) is of my leg after the antibiotics had started to work so it's not even at its worst. 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If you want to remember what you were reading, that is; apparently a ten minute break after reading allows your memory to consolidate and you remember what you've read much better - even a week later. \n\nYou can read about it on PsyBlog.\n\nI wonder if eating chocolate enhances the effect. 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Maybe not your novel, screenplay, blog post or \npornmagazine article, but perhaps a shopping list or love letter?\n\nUp till now, women have had to struggle with heavy, clunky pens made for men's tough, calloused hands. But no longer! Say hello to the BIC for her pen, made specially for a woman's - Agh! Sorry. I can only stand so much of this drivel, even if it "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/504456121456002295\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/what-women-have-been-waiting-for.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/504456121456002295"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/504456121456002295"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/what-women-have-been-waiting-for.html","title":"What women have been waiting for"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhcti5l-xrmHBb04mjV-xHZL-4J05FCfy5bQ4cN31jd6naWVtVpMiG2c7meK7etcbcdS_18D6UeYljWsPEZUbasxrGPd3TpLqsz16RZw17l3lUnGcFFQYn82GrM-YXpF84PVH5d\/s72-c\/female+pens.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8624500254549121386"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-27T10:19:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-27T10:19:00.208+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"crochet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Things to do when you're bored"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n1. Crochet a Happy Bunny\n\n(Much more fun than clearing out the spare room. Or any of the other rooms where the clutter nearly reaches the ceiling!)"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8624500254549121386\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/things-to-do-when-youre-bored.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8624500254549121386"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8624500254549121386"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/things-to-do-when-youre-bored.html","title":"Things to do when you're bored"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjeXDSSyUoEOyNZiaK30wbTfTWlLcKIf6N-KJbPj8_0JRQ2aLeFGveAnJxBiMpg0lnwU1j2wblM9BUDHYCXU-6GCWn3Ch8U2cUJeHl7hUwjjXrsO7slak3zjnUxwrvZHfCIXftG\/s72-c\/bunny2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-932054409514811058"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-24T07:16:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-24T07:16:00.883+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"competition"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"flash fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing competion"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Flash fiction competition"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\nThere's a new flash fiction contest starting in September, run by Stephen Parrish who wrote the Tavernier Stones. Word limit is 250 words; nice and short! The competition opens on 8th September and closes on 22nd September, and the picture above is the prompt.\n\nIs anyone else thinking about going in for it?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/932054409514811058\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/flash-fiction-competition.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/932054409514811058"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/932054409514811058"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/flash-fiction-competition.html","title":"Flash fiction competition"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi7NAeYWDXKTx8tJKJy4-dk9_ZpTbLlaq7anDoH6Fv67991XpBv2hBHfXFJ_7IhOG4EAPF3S2xVVRHzUNZzy3sKtyNiYLIT3BnMnvoLHll7P2ethS9AU_bYbqohHROsAa6QMVkv\/s72-c\/shattered+mirror.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-607677577381864501"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-22T08:41:00.005+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-22T08:41:00.910+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sex"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Adding sex appeal"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Given that sex in novels is currently selling so well (and if you haven't heard of\u0026nbsp; Fifty Shades of Grey\u0026nbsp; where have you been?) maybe we should all be adding sex scenes into our stories. That's assuming you write stories. 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Really I'm not. Not one tiny bit. It was simply a wonderful wedding.\n\nFor a start, we had NO RAIN. I know I'm shouting but this summer a day without rain deserves a shout!\n\nAnd my son is deeply in love with this beautiful young woman and it was a delight for us to have her become an official member of the family. 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It's great if you don't mind the silver coming off on your hair and fingers. So I bought one on ebay. 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I admire the cyclists \nstripping off even though it was so cold for June. \n\nMany people feel uncomfortable about nudity - I know I wouldn't want to get my kit \noff in public - but I'm not sure what "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4645386741988923944\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/naked-cyclists.html#comment-form","title":"16 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4645386741988923944"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4645386741988923944"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/naked-cyclists.html","title":"Naked Cyclists"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj5fnYDo_VS0YJG2NW9WL2md7oae2-mXrm_yD9ITYDsHoZ542j-xT38RaIIhMvWe-8fpG-HTRTbQqIsPWXu8Mk6IEpEItO1UJSQ5rwp3TFhPNVIM1_0KNNLdzR3323nduL6UE9v\/s72-c\/IMAG0540.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"16"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-2010566166539720861"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-08T07:00:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-08T10:42:43.754+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats humour"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humour"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"lolcats"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"LOLcat"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nParachute Fail\n\nI'm sure you can think of a better caption. The comments section awaits and ReCaptcha is turned off!\n\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2010566166539720861\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/lolcat.html#comment-form","title":"11 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2010566166539720861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2010566166539720861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/lolcat.html","title":"LOLcat"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgjbjOjz7ZG9W1lTGvC_ecDN_RsRL3YVIMH6X77bS3iX9SmzctESsS9BwYv7P07ko2ojxJCWxaiaS8WbQaxvB9myaM9SCa8UXoNgWWcXzXqdKuBHofNI0P2-GMnyabyeYkaz8Yz\/s72-c\/street_party2012+009.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"11"},"georss$featurename":{"$t":"London, UK"},"georss$point":{"$t":"51.5081289 -0.128005"},"georss$box":{"$t":"51.350006900000004 -0.443862 51.6662509 0.187852"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1951453152901870618"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-07T09:08:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-07T11:05:13.855+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"games"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"point and click adventure"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A perfect little game"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nI know that some of you like point and click games as much as I do, and A Grain of Truth is a perfect little gem of a game by the same people who made the earlier Trader of Stories game.\u0026nbsp; \n\nThe controls are straightforward, and if you click on the eye at the top it shows all the hot spots on each screen so you don't have to pixel-hunt. \n\nTravel is easy by use of the map where you can "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1951453152901870618\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/perfect-little-game.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1951453152901870618"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1951453152901870618"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/perfect-little-game.html","title":"A perfect little game"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjCGgqJO8vKVlMwAUui0qls5iW-UakQI1iCRj0GjyNuIiWgWojxHY74LVp3oAlf7w6VsQfKfugXiwJ2pRvXW9MvO6WRm6dHv81ITsdpgOPLM1iBuSQjz1Q9CmzBi_IcC_XCau6t\/s72-c\/grain+of+truth+game.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4011434730214937186"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-06T15:57:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-06T15:57:28.682+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"jubilee"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"party"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Only in England"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt was our street party for the Diamond Jubilee on Monday. There were races for the children, and a children's tea party, and a display of classic cars right outside our house.\n\n\n\n\nNeil got me to take his photo with the Queen but as he was sloshed at the time I'll spare him a public airing of that one.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the evening we had a barbeque with Fifties costume optional. 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This is the third time he's gone out, got wet, and come in and wiped himself dry on me.\n\nRemind me someone, why do we have cats?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8838397264708577776\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/im-doormat.html#comment-form","title":"11 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8838397264708577776"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8838397264708577776"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/im-doormat.html","title":"I'm a doormat"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjHpjYhQWvd58aInsI9dESt0_m_twXaDtwtgRrmZP9OBb2rMv7OGNgT4Nxvm2ghNUATS6XJ9_R39fACiIVn2QTlqEp-MYT-R5hs7EYASb3j2ii2ZgOJ1BfTYRL9rPgJAOddyOQD\/s72-c\/Picture0318.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"11"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8970071965344266680"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-03T08:55:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-06-03T08:55:04.780+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chris baty"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Better than the Queen"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nYesterday, my son and daughter-in-law were driving to the shops when they passed a car coming the other way and saw the Queen inside, doing her Queenly thing. No really. We're in Epsom and she was on her way back from the races. Apparently people had been queueing for hours to see her but my son and his wife were just in the right place at the right time.\n\nBut I went one better. I met Chris "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8970071965344266680\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/better-than-queen.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8970071965344266680"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8970071965344266680"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/better-than-queen.html","title":"Better than the Queen"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjLzaKlKymQvXk79GinYpct5Oo25KkHuTWK6Zws9-0BH9ygO5WbkFSNUqp6T6-45y04ef2D4X4CxVViqnJNVQPWwGxm72Bld_oQzIhxWGOu7PiTu3F0rvB-V_SwZ_iBCCVKAE36\/s72-c\/IMAG0508.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-9057816288520335399"},"published":{"$t":"2012-05-06T13:06:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-05-06T13:06:53.909+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Cat Story"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nI'm still writing a story a day and today was a cat story, about a cat not unlike Rufus. He's called Hubert and I may use him again!\n\n\nAll these short stories feel like small ideas that I could work on later, maybe when a competition comes up. I only seem to write when there's some outside stimulus so I need to find a way to motivate myself that doesn't involve other people.\n\n\nOr maybe not. 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Today I wrote a story about the dangers of crocheted socks. I wonder what tomorrow's story will be."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1190394107975850950\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/not-editing.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1190394107975850950"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1190394107975850950"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/not-editing.html","title":"Not Editing!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEifflNyFTQxhFaRatHj8EiIF3OeqbyestpEp4hPMm3km2RKGxTwAuaEeW_oGPokefFE82_r0rG8d7YmuJZ6mtxWBGia8fpOh7lM4fKgJUb5FsvpWpcisWn-nXOJV19ERJTIDgZR\/s72-c\/Picture0268.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-4490465527151073884"},"published":{"$t":"2012-05-01T09:26:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-05-01T09:26:27.908+01:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":""},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nI'm going to try to write a Story A Day In May. I've already started today and I found a story flowing out from under my fingers. It's crap, but I'm writing. Yay!\n\nI'm not going to count weekends. You're allowed to make up your own rules so that's mine. I may not make it every day but it's fun to try. Anyone care to join me?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4490465527151073884\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/im-going-to-try-to-write-story-day-in.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4490465527151073884"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/4490465527151073884"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/im-going-to-try-to-write-story-day-in.html","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjgP6DPr5JeiCURbq3nI6bzj4LvNtBFmjOd03MyEnh0oI2gcF3ZT9661Smd21tFi8UycI19a4RNUVQzhSt6jx3vCY8KyZyv1YOhxIqEF5sBLYpvFEjQVD5aMovKdZUaegt2LZF0\/s72-c\/story+a+day+badge+2012.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6273919919466118125"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-30T10:10:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:16:12.137+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"children"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"education"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"learning"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"B is for Bomb"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nIn India some children are learning the alphabet from a book in which \"B is for Bomb\"  according to an article in the Guardian.\n\nSo could we be looking at: A is for Anthrax, B is for Bomb, C is for Carjacking, D is for Doom... 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Why does everyone else do it better than I do?\n\n\n\nThis post was brought to you by Day One of the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week and the topic \"Colour\"."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7822971906677054858\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/colourific.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7822971906677054858"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7822971906677054858"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/colourific.html","title":"Colourific"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjBe6oTyA7ZkmLW4ES8_hnHeqiVUllz25jLnutsAk1UEh5vg7JvAh_n6JN7eF2hXP39s8i8y1Ek6SGURo_ozGAll9kHEUgaeBPDg7XadRhF2GYb46ffpMvtTHdAv8nF52Jt7Eoi\/s72-c\/005.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6498531877918642353"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-21T17:56:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:16:29.150+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Proud parent moment"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nYesterday I went to the degree ceremony for my son's MSc; it's the second graduation we've been to for him and we hope to have a third in a couple of years time.\n\n\u0026nbsp;I'm unbearably proud of him. He got two prizes as well as his degree: the money went on a new computer as his died just about the time he got the prizes.\n\nHe had CFS\/ME for most of his High School years and had to take his GCSE"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6498531877918642353\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/proud-parent-moment.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6498531877918642353"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/6498531877918642353"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/proud-parent-moment.html","title":"Proud parent moment"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiUJfLPPrNs1mkuFVwNHJWPhIxPnzo0DW0tD9ch_h2z-LwpyHwiybkujeXkvDM0MV8qUY2pPO89jnxLjVB8zi_hYWUo6dWj3vS5yFWfmVS3BjzkLooN96pjOTOawm8ix46jvVyb\/s72-c\/mark+graduation+family+photo.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7458034221401242196"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-19T12:44:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-04-19T12:44:52.384+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geek"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gmail"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Google"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dear Google"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nDear Google,\n\nI used to be one of your biggest fans. When Google first appeared I quickly caught on that it was better than AltaVista and Lycos and DogPile. My website even touted Google as \"possibly the best search engine in the world.\" Heady days.\n\nThen Gmail came along and I signed up straight away, lured by the carrot of \"never delete anything ever again\". Of course, that turned out to be a"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7458034221401242196\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/dear-google.html#comment-form","title":"18 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7458034221401242196"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7458034221401242196"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/dear-google.html","title":"Dear Google"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhNhq6uMAB_Ht6XUdF0K4_hS7n1eU5wDavWP8t33D0mCBFS53uXRW2wo-0YgB06YVUXYEd_u7MkRsjHHPW7GGkNRr5IE9Vg36aIrGZskss1sesXTFf5u2Jo7hayMY9EpHaLiwYm\/s72-c\/slowgmail.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"18"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3747403230740312660"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-13T08:26:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-13T12:17:14.460+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"children"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"education"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"learning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"reading"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Something wrong here?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\nChildren in the UK are to be tested on their reading abilities by reading nonsense words. It's already happening; I've overheard the tests going on in school.\n\nMeanwhile, in other news, baboons can be taught to distinguish real words from nonsense words, despite not understanding the meaning of the real words.\n\nAm I the only one seeing something wrong in this?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3747403230740312660\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/something-wrong-here.html#comment-form","title":"17 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3747403230740312660"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3747403230740312660"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/something-wrong-here.html","title":"Something wrong here?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"17"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7825015351254118963"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-12T09:09:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-04-12T09:11:53.252+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"not writing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Still not writing"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm still obsessed with crocheting and knitting.\n\n\nRufus was not keen to help model hats.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe picture above is of crocheted hyperbolic planes. My younger son gave me a book about crocheting hyperbolic planes for my birthday - it's a way of exploring non-Euclidian geometry using crochet. Some of the concepts are beyond me but I love it!\n\n\n\n\nSo, unless Twitter counts as writing, I've not been "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7825015351254118963\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/still-not-writing.html#comment-form","title":"11 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7825015351254118963"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7825015351254118963"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/still-not-writing.html","title":"Still not writing"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiJVfRU-nL8k_DHMAc6Vdj5RWZ8mOzZ6aoCxt4Po_bH2vlcbMOawtv853GW52eph05zPuxh6-qa0VzrnkaIF9_4OOwZbyrqC9OhWj4SCHL6eg_kQGmWAr0U4XYKi-E8g_EjDu0y\/s72-c\/Picture0177.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"11"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3864824582138714761"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-05T08:46:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-03-05T08:48:52.237+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blog stuff"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogger"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bugger Blogger"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nBlogger recently changed their word verification system for comments to a captcha system that uses almost illegible words, making it hard to comment. They didn't tell us they'd done this, so if you think you're using the old word verification system then I'm afraid you're wrong.\n\nIf you would like to turn off captcha on your Blogger blog, then on your Dashboard go to Settings, Comments, then "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3864824582138714761\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/bugger-blogger.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3864824582138714761"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3864824582138714761"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/bugger-blogger.html","title":"Bugger Blogger"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7364137476094607998"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-04T16:13:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-03-04T16:13:01.968+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gender"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"girls"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chicks in Science"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nI'm all for getting more women into science and for busting gender-boundaries in general, but I'm not sure that Chicks in Science is the best way to do it. It's a hugely popular scheme that gets girls interested in science by offering them pink hard hats to wear, cookery books with recipes \"that Einstein might have cooked\", and nail varnish*. Yup. No quarks or protons here, but get your pinny on"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7364137476094607998\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/chicks-in-science.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7364137476094607998"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7364137476094607998"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/chicks-in-science.html","title":"Chicks in Science"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-626726381263957044"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-25T09:07:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-25T09:07:10.839+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What am I doing?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nFrom: The Finicky Fiber\n\nIn fact, I'm not crocheting at the moment; I'm making a knitted penguin. \n\n\nWhat I'm not doing is writing."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/626726381263957044\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/what-am-i-doing.html#comment-form","title":"19 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/626726381263957044"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/626726381263957044"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/what-am-i-doing.html","title":"What am I doing?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjbqZlcMXwtYioIcPVOSwPG8MpUrd297iNV4oBL-K41O2cXcuZJ75qms-COaNcGWCUFkTSuYcyDo3cc27X-bkFT-sePo208F4Lif6xYe8RGjy82bBc1NXwNNLoMrSgMYzJPKBXaaw\/s72-c\/crocheting_what-doing.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"19"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5660460955994131993"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-14T08:19:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-15T07:31:16.108+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"friends"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"love"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Valentine's Day!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Happy Valentine's Day! I'd like to celebrate it as a day of love for everyone; not just romantic love but love for family and friends.\n\nI've made some very dear friends online and I want to let you know how much I value you. Thank you for being there for me when I've needed you.\n\n\nAnd if you're a new friend, then welcome! New friends are just old friends waiting to happen."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5660460955994131993\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/i-love-you.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5660460955994131993"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5660460955994131993"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/i-love-you.html","title":"Valentine's Day!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjEIomIuq1j1ZvrBiMgQwsgKskXiXW-Tl5fm2wETxoGtJmA6cc08EVwb-nIasD9eskXc10TdUj0dZ2BFYKrP_bMQtUk17glxXD_VG_S8g2dvgGxwxgxjXNZvvia6yMqH0u9PEynsQ\/s72-c\/mug+cosy+3.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-3519035030874476403"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-05T14:24:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-05T14:24:58.501+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rufus"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"snow"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rufus and the snow"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nWhere is Rufus?\n\n\n\nHere he is!\n\nCan you blame him?\nThe north wind doth blow,\nAnd we shall have snow, \nAnd what will poor robin do then? \nPoor thing. \n\nHe'll sit in a barn, \nAnd keep himself warm, \nAnd hide his head under his wing, \nPoor thing.\nAt least the humans made it as far as the pub!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3519035030874476403\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/rufus-and-snow.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3519035030874476403"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3519035030874476403"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/rufus-and-snow.html","title":"Rufus and the snow"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhrO_6MsBvquxJhmvDZpPuVXVskfQHNZDgiwhRRfdvUxI3pBU-d7lYCsIf-J9GIc_dHNLgeUt8uftKgJxEZpDT-2wnd5fPhj2oX4lAn7hybckndYfiId599z8GQscnfxGtVftr9xg\/s72-c\/IMAG0389.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1383249400262094872"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-04T09:34:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-04T09:34:30.133+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humour"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How much is yours worth?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nThey aren't for sale. Rufus is needed to keep the local rodent population down; he was found eating a mouse on the doorstep the other day. Bonnie is needed for her decorative function and as a doorstop.\n\nHow much is your cat worth? Go to WeBuyAnyCat.com and see! (Their terms and conditions are hilarious!)"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1383249400262094872\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/how-much-is-yours-worth.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1383249400262094872"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1383249400262094872"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/how-much-is-yours-worth.html","title":"How much is yours worth?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1028183674408381316"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-24T14:18:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-03T21:22:28.193+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"crochet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"etsy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shop"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What shall I call it?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nNot for sale!\nI want to change my Etsy shop name because I hate it that it's currently called fairyhedge; I couldn't even get my full pseudonym accepted!\n\nYou only get one chance to rename it, ever, so I really need to get it right.\u0026nbsp;I rather like the idea of My Crochet Shop but what if I start selling other things in it? Would that matter?\n\nAny thoughts, anyone?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1028183674408381316\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/what-shall-i-call-it.html#comment-form","title":"18 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1028183674408381316"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1028183674408381316"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/what-shall-i-call-it.html","title":"What shall I call it?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjgCapy2izVSeS9q-GqJ71OM4GRlMz2AbcAP4SFtxLDBJBRJ1KEUnIGQ3angDXGy3-6J_ipVTIJA0U0uGACZRrw8Ku76QK3iRYFRNDj-gz6SMdn3rdCd1caZ2rHXfhP25qOGkusqQ\/s72-c\/Picture0114.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"18"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8391646278927540591"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-17T08:36:00.004+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-17T13:47:42.797+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"internet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SOPA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Stop Online Piracy Act Protest"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Tomorrow this blog will go dark to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act, generally known by its initials as SOPA. In case you haven't heard, this is a nasty piece of legislation that the United States are planning to pass to make it easy for anyone to take down someone else's website if they claim copyright violation.\n\nIt doesn't have to be the person who's complaining that their copyright "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8391646278927540591\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/stop-online-piracy-act-protest.html#comment-form","title":"14 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8391646278927540591"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8391646278927540591"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/stop-online-piracy-act-protest.html","title":"The Stop Online Piracy Act Protest"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"14"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-633326380012355167"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-16T08:28:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-16T08:28:04.073+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"crochet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"phone cosy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"phone cozy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Shameless Plug"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nI made some phone cosies over the weekend and as I can only use one at a time, I've put two of them up for sale on Etsy. Please feel free to pop over there and favourite my shop!\n\nAll the cosies in the picture above are the same size, but one has a phone in it!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/633326380012355167\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/shameless-plug.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/633326380012355167"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/633326380012355167"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/shameless-plug.html","title":"Shameless Plug"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgzNw_1k5LSQMur23GfZLGWNJnqYHmCjdlxikynyNq1QFcNpnelxRAulQS1KdV_rLUpGMwAoF4mBLPrLtOlik3mqp4Q1Y74GtPxhB08wEwcbCA1y1r5tF9qoB0vAKHICpYI911hyphenhypheng\/s72-c\/phone+cosies+together.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5016327599145566052"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-08T17:58:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-08T17:58:24.827+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"art"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my other life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Arty Farty"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nMy Beloved and I visited Tate Britain today. Paintings look so different in reality. The John Singer Sargent painting that heads this post was lovely: the light on the face of the girl on the left was wonderful.\n\nTo my surprise, I find I love looking at portraits so I'm hoping we can visit the National Portrait Gallery next.\n\nWe're so lucky to be only a train journey away from all the London "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5016327599145566052\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/arty-farty.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5016327599145566052"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/5016327599145566052"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/arty-farty.html","title":"Arty Farty"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhgZJ1ftWA2Z86vHRzfnFPvddn7o6oCyYVCb5VteHXPsbAL0rnG7889SHN-rIC_8ZR01-1dFGo9GQEh1Kvcq__ETNDL-CTt2ZmO1qJSZxUxU2JeM8sMLdZtdW4GAAPWzXt9yWiT6Q\/s72-c\/tate+britain+girls+lanterns.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-2872368830780555112"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-06T12:20:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-06T12:20:14.996+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"competition"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sock monkey"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Alice in Wonderland rules, OK?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nFollowing my recent competition to find a name for my new sock monkey, I am pleased to announce that his new name is:\n\nThe Professor\n\nRunners up in no particular order were: Jazz, Sockit, Seamus O'Reilly, and Mundungus.\n\nIt was a close-run competition, so \"everybody has won, and all must have prizes\". If Old Kitty, jjdebenedictis, Debbie, Simon Kewin, and Kate will email me your postal addresses"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2872368830780555112\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/alice-in-wonderland-rules-ok.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2872368830780555112"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2872368830780555112"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/alice-in-wonderland-rules-ok.html","title":"Alice in Wonderland rules, OK?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZxjnfBXnC6sBgctx9b3JmCE6vW-vX0hlzwjXQLy-nlwWWWhAUC2TMKvCP5hAV5Tf1Ck7yu9B_iUJcVwvUutxDmibZy6Xy8Ct-ak8E-pBNdVxnHBg62jPvermi1a1PwdmhliiSgA\/s72-c\/Picture0089.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7956634832510086909"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-04T13:30:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-04T13:30:12.505+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"games"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Video Games Are Good For You"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nWhen you react to reality as if it was a computer game it can save your life, according to New Scientist.\n\nI've often thought that the old point-and-click adventure games taught me to be methodical; not to give up; and to believe that problems are\u0026nbsp;solvable\u0026nbsp;(if not always by me). But the single most important thing I've taken away from computer games is to respond to setbacks with \""},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7956634832510086909\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/video-games-are-good-for-you.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7956634832510086909"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/7956634832510086909"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/video-games-are-good-for-you.html","title":"Video Games Are Good For You"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pEs6TfG8OGk\/TwRT68B9UqI\/AAAAAAAADFI\/B0MAYhz_0rM\/s72-c\/dig1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-1780184879764934560"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-01T17:18:00.003+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-01-04T13:32:07.961+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sock monkey"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Manic Monkey?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nMac (left) and his new friend (right)\n\nLast Christmas, my sister gave me Mac the Monkey. This Christmas she gave me the makings of a sock monkey and I made a friend for Mac. He doesn't have a name yet, so any suggestions are welcome. There may even be a prize for the best one!\n\nYou might like to caption the picture, too!\n\nEdited to Add: picture of new monkey in his new jacket. I thought he "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1780184879764934560\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/manic-monkey.html#comment-form","title":"14 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1780184879764934560"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/1780184879764934560"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/manic-monkey.html","title":"Manic Monkey?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhk8850M92fWW2_ca_JL4hRoJuNDDg9AVwmiz9PjjlG8PoMetiOEHxgW5y9sAJAlMguEEX8mcPdNu_6TqErdVmNiNv4sADAql77tgezNcM03MyNXJcxojtd8PuJklREEwmndUoqKg\/s72-c\/Picture0082.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"14"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6728345401640714855"},"published":{"$t":"2011-12-29T13:19:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-12-29T13:19:14.745+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"xmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The best bit of Christmas"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\nThe best bit of Christmas is the wrapping paper. Ask Rufus. \n\nHe did also get a toy hamster that makes the paper in the box rustle enticingly when it's turned on. \n\nBonnie scratched her face over her eye and gave herself an eye infection. 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The text of the recording is over at Podbean and you can see it here. I'm sorry that the recording levels go off every so often. 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Guterson was lambasted for his use of coy phrases even though within the book he explains that\n(those were the quaint, prudish terms of her girlhood)It's such a"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2125716859328870409\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/its-that-time-again.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2125716859328870409"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/2125716859328870409"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/its-that-time-again.html","title":"It's that time again"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-6474364963679578964"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-30T07:59:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-11-30T07:59:33.028+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cats"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Appearances are deceptive"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nRufus being loveable\u0026nbsp;\nI came downstairs this morning to find a dead mouse on the doormat. The inside doormat. That's inside a house where the cats are shut in at night so all doors, windows and catflaps are closed.\n\nI can only think that little darling Rufus brought it in yesterday and hid it somewhere. Possibly still alive. *shudders*\n\nCats. 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It was drivel but I'm fascinated to see where my story took me and what my preoccupations are and were. This year, I really wrote entirely for myself and some parts were great fun. \n\nI did feel like giving up more than once though, and I owe many, many thanks to everyone on Twitter who encouraged me to keep going! 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Not that that would be any more accessible to the 4 - 11 year olds in our primary schools, so I hope they're not "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3976318541066648469\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/what-waste-of-money.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3976318541066648469"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/3976318541066648469"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/what-waste-of-money.html","title":"What a waste of money!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg3KS3MgsVCeGByeti6o74p8lAwWM9ka-uKnwqYY_678pskTxbHC6eMUNnFDHh1d-BzYD3d2OxpKCRD4rjeCtNLprAOKf31oYfaqFmn63CKch6aBdH8o_hnvYGWcbZ9TvyVd3UPUw\/s72-c\/bible.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-8302117360612683511"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-24T12:52:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-11-24T12:52:58.290+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cute"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"film"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"quirky"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"toy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A little light relief"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"With thanks to @akasylvia\n\n\nAddress Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo.\n\"A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.\"\nThe original is here."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8302117360612683511\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/little-light-relief.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8302117360612683511"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8289273\/posts\/default\/8302117360612683511"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/fairyhedgehog.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/little-light-relief.html","title":"A little light relief"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"fairyhedgehog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14141089706966852951"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--uRCwrPShTQ\/UuUNrmQ4ElI\/AAAAAAAAD_k\/wPr8N6U3dbg\/s73\/*"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-7279665651075674229"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-16T09:28:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-11-16T09:28:26.026+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nanowrimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How many words do you need?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nOne recent Booker prizewinner's book is only 160 pages long. That's around 40,000 words. \n\nSo, a Nanonovel is more than enough at 50,0000 words.\n\nOf course, it does help if they're good words, arranged in a spiffing order. But let's not sweat the small stuff while we're doing Nano or we'll never get there.\n\nOh, and the book in question is being nominated for the Costa Book Awards. 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Lots of people have trouble with this because they want to edit now. Editing as you go is fine if it doesn't stop you writing but as soon as I get into editing mode my productivity drops. I need to get the story out there first, then tidy it up later!\n\nThe secret is to deal with your inner editor. 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