I must not take my eye off the metaphorical ball, I must not take my eye off the metaphorical ball, I must not take my eye off the metaphorical ball, etc etc

Thanks to the wonderful Rochelle for putting up with this, my tardiness, I’m many days late and wasn’t going to bother but I felt I’d not only let myself down, I’d let the team down (assuming there still a place in the team for me). I’ve given myself 100 hundred lines and an essay on the inside of a table tennis ball (ping pong for the Americans) for my sins.

Thanks also to Sandra Crook for a fab photo.

Rumplestiltskin, the alchemist weaver, had been turning thread into gold for many years on his single loom, alone in his rags with his riches and his imaginary friend Jenny.

His decision to kidnap first Rampunzel then other famous long haired…