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Behold The Archive

2 minute read

After posting quite the most forgettable collection of words to the blog earlier today, I found myself with a few minutes to spare this lunchtime. Rather tha...

44 Minutes

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After not taking a break at lunchtime, I’m forcing myself to down tools now, and invest the remaining 44 minutes of the day in myself. Of course “down tools”...

Sunday Afternoon Procrastination Club

2 minute read

While my other half stands on the touchline of a rugby field many miles from home watching our middle daughter’s latest attempt to injure herself before scho...

Good Intentions

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This evening somehow turned into just the sort of recursive rabbit hole I seem to specialise in. It started out on a Linux laptop late in the evening, with a...

Boromirs Bookshop Conundrum

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The rest of the family are sitting in the lounge, watching “The Polar Express”. I’m sitting in the study (read:junk room) writing this. I’ve just finished th...

Away From The Madding Crowd

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After sliding into anonymity in recent months, I realised this week that my problem isn’t with blogging platforms themselves - my problem is me.

An Unexpected Discovery

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This rather labyrinthine story begins the night before last, when the children decided - after I had already washed up, and cleared the kitchen - that it wou...

Automatic Unplanned Necessary

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While scrolling through Twitter earlier this evening, I stumbled upon a random question - “Write three words that describe your style of writing”. Almost wit...

Returning To The Grind

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I’m back in the office today, and determinedly taking a break over lunch rather than work straight though. It’s a terrible habit - working straight through -...

Forgetting To Live

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While off work over the last several days, I’ve been quietly watching, reading, commenting, and liking posts across the various social platforms on the inter...