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There is a man in braces outside wielding an instrument that flattens earth. We have mostly found this upsetting.

Elsewhere is a mechanical digger also doing things to dirt. We cannot see the digger but the vibrations and noise would suggest that we should be upset by that too. There are large black tubes sprawling from the ground like the limbs of some grotesquely toasted octopus. It's unfairly not clear why.

It is quiet in the office.

Except for the digger.

And our gentle weeping.

We have a new competition though: details are here on the website.

Leaf on the BBC

Ceci was on the news! Ceci was on the news! The Welsh news, to be fair, but the news all the same. Wales Today! On the BBC! With Leaf Books!

And then they cut to the weather. It was great.

"Hilarity"

It's snowing outside and looks really very nice.

Matt: 'How great is snow?!'

Ceci: 'It's snow great.'

I ask you.

Closing time

The submission window for our Writing for Children competition closed yesterday.

Not much else to report, though a few things will be announced in the next few weeks. Don't forget that our Winter Short Story comp ends 31st of March, with our Short Poetry comp continuing up until the end of July.

The new website is now fully operational too, with Paypal features and all sorts of other spangly things going on.

And don't forget to clean your teeth before you go to work, as I did today.