Winter evening and morning skies - my saving grace at this time of year. I'm not in the least a winter person but the fantastic skies we get on clear days cheer me no end. On Friday morning I was visiting a local seaside, doing some research for a particular project; the sea was pounding at the promenade walls. hail was coming down almost horizontally, the dog (coming along for the walk) was like a drowned rat. But by the time I drove home in the evening ...
Another positive last week was the long-awaited publication of the 1921 Census. A biography begun a couple of years ago had to go on the back burner when everything shut down during lockdown - all the archives I needed to visit closed their doors, it wasn't possible to visit people to interview them. Slowly over the last few months those problems have eased but quite a bit of information was still lacking or unauthenticated; the Census has certainly opened more doors there. So it's full steam ahead with that now. In other areas of my life I'm not one for resolutions but it's good to start the New Year with a clear focus on the writing at least!
