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Relentless

4 minute read

This week seems to be going on indefinitely. I’m sure there’s an end to it somewhere, but I’m not entirely sure where that might be. It probably doesn’t help...

Elementary

1 minute read

I just finished installing “Elementary OS” on the old desktop computer at home - the one in the junk room that I tend to sit at while writing blog posts. On ...

Coming Home

3 minute read

After falling into bed a little after 10am last night, I woke with a start at 3am this morning. I’m not sure what woke me up, but I was unceremoniously yanke...

Another Train Another Hotel

6 minute read

Greetings from a hotel room several hundred miles from home. I’m in Leeds for the night, ahead of a day spent in quite the most imposing building I visit amo...

Terrifically Unfair

3 minute read

So much has happened in the last 18 hours. I’m having trouble processing it - struggling to arrange it all into a coherent story. Perhaps I’ll start at the b...

45Th Lap

6 minute read

It’s official - I have now been standing, sitting, or lying down on this ball of mud, rock, and water for 45 laps of the sun. 45 is kind of a nothing age, is...

Snow Day

1 minute read

The local schools closed one-by-one yesterday evening. The children are all home today - as am I. My other half hasn’t been so lucky - she has walked to work...

Not Leaving The House

1 minute read

I’m “working” from home today. While sitting in the junk room, surrounded by my work laptop and phone, a cup of tea, the bullet journal, and the various bits...

Last Day Of February

1 minute read

Where on earth is this year going? While it feels like I only just returned to the office after Christmas, somehow it’s already the end of February. Does lif...

Coming Home

1 minute read

I came home from work mid-morning. I’ve most probably picked a virus up of the kids. While I don’t feel that dreadful, it was causing me to have trouble conc...