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Saturday

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The radio alarm clock went off at 7am this morning. On a Saturday. I woke up, switched the radio off, and promptly fell back asleep, waking up again at 9am.

Audibly Exhaling

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It’s late on Friday evening, and I’m racing to write a blog post before Friday becomes Saturday. It’s not so much a case of wondering where the evening went,...

Another Mass Shooting

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I’ve been reading various news stories today, following the mass shooting in Florida that happened yesterday. In the hours afterwards, all the usual suspects...

Almost Ignoring Valentines Day

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If the marketing people would have you believe it, millions of people will be making all sorts of extra effort to woo, appease, or apologise to their existin...

Here And There

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I missed another day on the blog. You might think I would therefore have an entire extra day of adventures to impart, but sadly not. Nothing I want to share ...

Missing

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Yesterday morning our eldest daughter got herself up, dressed, washed, brushed her hair, then announced that she was going into town. We raised eyebrows at e...

Saturday Afternoon

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It’s heading towards 3pm on Saturday afternoon, and I’m holed up in the junk room, listening to Spotify, writing this while the rain falls outside. In the sp...

Conspiracy Theory

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If I didn’t know better, I would say the old desktop computer in the study has got it in for me tonight. In the last ten minutes it has crashed twice. Perhap...

Pretend Computers And Holidays

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I suppose technically this is being written on Friday morning. I thought I should write something, given that I didn’t post anything yesterday - breaking a s...

The Forgettable Day

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It all started at breakfast time this morning. After sliding out of bed, waking the children up, having a shower, brushing my teeth, getting dressed, feeding...