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I had to edit my post about Hatshepsut when I found out that she was not followed by Tutankamon but by her stepson and half brother, Thutmose III. Hatshepsut took power in a round 1500 BC. The famous Tutankamon lived around 200 years later. It was my memory that was at fault, and I should checked it before posting instead of after. Sorry about that.

Yesterday, I found two more pieces of mine up on the web that were purchased at Constant Content. The first, published here, was written specifically in response to a request.

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Hatshepsut (pronounced a bit like Hat-cheap-suit) was a female who took on the role of Pharaoh after her husband died and her stepson, Thutmose III, was too young to rule. It was important to look the part, so she wore a false beard and flattened her breasts as much as possible.

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Because I am thinking of writing a review of Susan Breen’s novel, The Fiction Class, I thought I’d better look her up.

I discovered that she’s had loads of short stories published but The Fiction Class was her first novel. What I think is really fascinating to relate is how this novel got published.

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You may or may not have noticed my absence. It was caused not by a holiday this time, but by some nasty person who sent me a particularly virulent Trojan.

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First I must apologise for not finding time to comment and otherwise participate here.

But second, we need to break out the champagne. It looks like I've sold my house. You probably know long I've been dreaming about this - it'll be two years in July that I first put it on the market.

It happened yesterday, and today hubby and I have been house hunting for ourselves. Out of a starting line up of eight, which changed with each estate agent, we are down to a short list of two, either of which would leave us pretty well penniless, but what the heck. You can't take it with you.

Now I've arranged for my daughter to come down from London on Friday to help me make the final decision before I make any offers. Wish me luck.

Signing off tired but happy.

It’s all go at the moment. I’ve completed my three articles for CC this week. I submitted the first one, on the Chinese cheongsam, on Monday for a public request. That one was reviewed and accepted within an hour and a half. The editor always gives priority to requested material. I mentioned in my last post that it was snapped up straight away. On Tuesday I wrote about composition in photography, and yesterday produced my first full length article about Egypt.

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The other night, putting off going to bed, I idly googled my name.

I should do this more often. I got a very warm feeling when I found five of my articles sold at CC, that I hadn’t seen in publication before.

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This is a picture of a corner of Moors Valley Country Park, near Bournemouth, where hubby and I took my granddaughter yesterday. I posted a slightly different pic in my blogspot blog yesterday.

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Since Tuesday is one of the days I have a blog for WL scheduled in, I thought I’d just drop by and let you all know that I’m still in the land of the living.

We had a great holiday in Egypt and have been back since the early hours of last Thursday, but I still haven’t had time to catch up with all the goings on in here.

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