The Upside Down
This week marks the first of my staycations – a series of “use them or lose them” holidays resulting from a year where I carried on working while others esca...
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Sunshine on a rainy day
After working solidly throughout the year, I have ended up with almost all of my holiday allocation untouched. This is not unusual, given my character, perso...
Bookshops and Jigsaw Pieces
We were supposed to go for breakfast in town this morning – just the two of us. A quiet breakfast together, and a wander around town while the new car charge...
Coffee Solves Everything
Another five days have passed since the last post. Five days in which I stopped the cross-posting escapade, put up sign posts notifying the change, and then ...
The remains of the day
How on earth have I written nothing in the blog for five days? You might think – given the cavernous period of “missing time” that I would have breathless ad...
The four horses of the blogging apocalypse
After experimenting with cross-posting to various platforms over the last few weeks, I thought it might not be amiss to scribble down a few thoughts about th...
The way the web once was
For the last several weeks I’ve been perpetuating perhaps the most ridiculous escapade in quite some time - cross-posting blog entries to Wordpress, Tumblr, ...
D for Dog
This afternoon I have escaped the confines of the junk room for a couple of hours to visit the café where my daughters work. A break from staring at code for...
Twenty three years
Today marks twenty three years since I stood at the front of a church in front of family and friends, exchanged rings, and signed a legally binding contract.
Friday morning in Starbucks
It’s Friday morning, and I find myself sitting at a table in the middle of Starbucks. It just occurred to me that today is Friday 13th. Isn’t it interesting ...