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Tuesday In Frankfurt

4 minute read

I woke with a start this morning, and took a few moments to get my bearings. Ah yes - a hotel room in Frankfurt, Germany. Far from home. After groping across...

Annoyed On A Plane

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The card not working in the ticket machine in the railway station * People walking up to me, starting conversations in German

Ready To Go

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It’s just gone 10pm on Sunday evening. My bags are packed, and I’m ready to go once again. Tomorrow morning I will get up a little after 6am, and go through ...

A Race Against Time

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It’s heading towards midnight, and I’m racing to post something to the blog before Friday becomes Saturday. Yes, this is a mania to make sure I have at least...

Thursday

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Do you ever have days when you sit down to empty your head into the keyboard, and you just sit staring at the monitor ? I’m having one of those days - and it...

Experimenting With Tumblr

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I’ve put my mad professor coat on this lunchtime, and set an experiment up. After leaving Tumblr a couple of months ago, swearing I would not return, I have ...

Haircuts And Lost Money

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I left the house a few minutes later than normal this morning, and left a note on my work calendar - “haircut”. After the second attempt at cycling into town...

Tinkering

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I jumped down a rabbit hole of my own making today. Before describing the rabbit hole expedition however, it’s probably worth filling in some back story.

A Walk In The Park

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Rather than let another weekend slip through our fingers while consumed with endless rounds of tidying, washing, and whatever else, I dragged two of our chil...

Winding The Clock Back

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I’ve been playing with the old Apple Mac this morning - the one I used for NaNoWriMo last year - the one I told myself would provide a distraction free writi...