Iain: Hello {{ subscriber.first_name | capitalize() or "friend" }}. Here in the northern hemisphere, the winter months at the beginning of the year can be dull and depressing times. The nights are long and the weather is cold or wet or both.
Heide: Is this how we’re going to kick off 2022? By depressing our subscribers?
Iain: Well, not only is it dark and depressing but a lot of people feel a bit poorer after the excesses of Christmas. They say that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year.
Heide: “They” being a travel company, who invented the concept in 2005 in order to sell more holiday, yeah?
Iain: What? Is that true?
Heide: It is.
Iain: Wow. ANYWAY, the point is we might be feeling a bit down and a bit strapped for cash and maybe our readers would like to able to do some things for free on Blue Monday which is this coming Monday (17th January).
Heide: Free stuff is always good.
Iain: So, here’s our top ten things of things that are FREE on Monday:
1 – Download our free ‘witches go wild in the countryside’ novel, A Spell in the Country — https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spell-Country-Heide-Goody-ebook/dp/B078NRFL93/
2 — Try a free on-line yoga session with Lisa (Heide recommends Lisa’s classes). https://www.sole2soulyoga.co.uk/sole-2-soul-yoga-tv
3 – Clear out those cupboards with an ingredients-led recipe finder like https://www.supercook.com/ . Iain’s got puff pastry, eggs, flour, sugar and chocolate and is now going to make “Chocolate-dipped Palmiers”.
4 — Download our free ‘hi-tech dress goes mad’ novel, The Woman in the Million Dollar Dress — https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08HB8GZ8M/
5 — Join the master of laidback painting, Bob Ross, for a step-by-step painting lesson. Even if you haven’t got the paints and canvas, he’s a joy to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasGRkfkiPM
6 — Have a go at a free Harry Potter Digital Escape Room. You’ll need your wits and Harry Potter knowledge to complete this Google Docs adventure. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqiXQi2MgIP9wxy6KKkS32eMcLiBQ_6jON5mnchpWorULOCw/viewform
7 — Download our free ‘millennial with a magic pendant’ novel, Snowflake — https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F3X4XF2/
8 - Who likes sewing? Heide does. She has made these useful storage pods and recommends the free pattern as a great beginner project http://www.fabriceditions.com/shop/Home-Decor/p/Storage-Pods-x32992394.htm
9 - Another easy sewing project that could not fail to cheer you up. Make a Mexican huipil like Frida Kahlo’s https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/sew-your-own-mexican-style-huipil
10 — Download our free ‘fairy tales go crazy’ novel, Disenchanted — https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06X6DHK11/
Sincerely, we hope you've all had a marvelous start to 2022 and we'd love to hear from you about what you've been up to to keep yourself entertained.
Heide and Iain
