Today I got myself a black eye trying to help a randaggio (stray) in my garden. It wasn't his fault. I handled him wrongly and he punched me ( claws out) in the face. I will not be winning any pageants this week. It caps off a bit of a bleak January, I have to say.
Pirate has offered to defend me, should it happen again.
Just look at that face. Terrifying.
My new year gift to me is a new blog.
https://nopanino.blogspot.com/
My intention with this blog is to write about the more travel-related things I do. You see, last September I began a travel writing course online because what I would really like to do is shift away from teaching or, at the the very least, make a side income so I can improve my standard of living enough to keep the heating on :-) The course is quite intensive but I have an excellent tutor who is an incredible support and an extremely successful travel writer - Dan Scott. I am learning heaps from him but I also fear I am going to run into my old nemesis - confidence ( or the lack thereof) when it comes to actually trying to get paid for the work. I already baulk at the idea of pitching and selling myself but I know if I don't shake this shackle, I will be forever doomed. I know I can write, I just don't know how to tell the people with the money I can.
Fingers crossed, anyway.
