October 2026 monthlog

31 Oct, 2026

It is of course Halloween today and my four-year-old nephew celebrated by holding onto my head and whispering right into my ear, "Auntie Fran. Did you know. There are bugs. Who want to drink your blood."

Updates here

26 posts, including the 400th. Also Pages on pages for the blog carnival, and the autumn edition of Joyride
added a photo page inspired by Robert Birming and also going to try to update my some.pics occasionally

Progresses elsewhere

very domestic month doing autumn cleaning and prepping for winter. Photographed all my houseplants, cooked up the carrots and cauliflower from the garden, washed all the windows, tidied up the still untidy front garden, got my shoes fixed
went to Ikea again, watched my sister run a 10k event, did a couple of school pickups, did not go to a fairy masquerade ball but did help out, painted a bedroom, spent a day with my aunt, had some really good falafel, visited friends, went on a bookshop crawl, saw an opera

Favourites this month

The Making of Home: The 500 Year Story of How Our Houses Became Homes by Judith Flanders. Had it from the library but it's such gold I just had to buy my own copy
My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy
The Book by Keith Houston, and The Book-Makers by Adam Smyth
do not speak to me unless you are quoting Nigerian Wicked

Not much music because I was listening to a long audiobook and other older stuff on repeat.

♫ Naked on the Floor - Victoria Bigelow, Crybaby - Nanna

November things

got a November-y challenge set with the writing group. Chapter here I come. My wife and I are trying to gamify a creative November
maybe Bonfire Night, definitely Diwali to be celebrated

Previously

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