Tired Eyes
I didn’t really sleep the night before last - my other half kept waking up with a cough. I remember looking at the clock at 4am, and wondering if I could sur...
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The Desk Of Holding
Given that I have little or nothing to report on today (yet again), I thought it might be fun to pull one of the “amusing to the author” exercises out of my ...
Scout Elves And Chromebooks
When the children wake up tomorrow morning they will discover we have a visitor perched in the upstairs landing window. Our scout elf, “Grace”, has arrived v...
Nothing To Report
This is going to be a wonderfully random post about nothing of consequence, because I really do have nothing of significance to report.
Off Sick
After working like a trojan all weekend to keep the house and family together while everybody else was sick, my body finally held up the surrender flag this ...
Goodbye Weekend
It would have been nice to have seen more of this weekend. My other half has been sick, so I’ve spent the entire weekend washing and drying clothes, taking t...
Stepping Away From The Edge
I wobbled this week. I looked at this “upside down” I have created, this “horcrux”, and I wondered if it was a good idea. And as quickly as I began thinking ...
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
I took the children to watch “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” this afternoon. While watching the movie (which was wonderful), my mind wandered back ...
Welcome To Procrastination Central
I have been working on a development “sprint” for the last few weeks - which essentially means you write code as fast as you can, to deploy as fast as you ca...
Writing A Paper Journal
Rather unexpectedly, I pulled the old Moleskine notebook from my bag this evening and began writing. I used to write in it almost every day - recording the t...