Parties Friends and Pianos
The clock just ticked past 10am. I’ve been up for a couple of hours. I’m still the only one up. Pottering around the house - tidying up, putting things away,...
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Tiredness Abounds
You find me sitting in the dark of the bedroom on my own again - with the Chromebook balanced on my lap, the windows wide open, and the sound of traffic in t...
The Birds Know
I just got back from giving a friend’s dog his dinner, and taking him for a walk around the green outside our houses. He rewarded me by doing the biggest dum...
Constellations
Many years ago, when I started writing a blog on the internet, the “blogosphere” was filled with larger than life characters, breathless stories, and exubera...
Powered by Idiocy
I was supposed to go running the day before yesterday, but the weather had other ideas - turning the heat up to 11. We (the British) are famously a bit rubbi...
A Night Off
After running every other day for the last several weeks, and working out last night too (I’m still sore now), I’m having a night off tonight. I suppose it s...
Conversations with the Sandman
Monday became Tuesday nearly an hour ago. I’m still counting it as Monday, while I sit in bed with the laptop perched on my lap. It’s hotter than hell up her...
Little by Little
I woke up at 5am this morning. I fell out of a dream where I was worrying about running a software development course at a far flung location - but for some ...
Running and Escaping
I finally went for a run after work yesterday evening. My daughter - full of optimism and enthusiasm in the morning - returned from school claiming hayfever,...
Saying Without Saying
My personal blog has been using the same “theme” for the past several years. A minimalist stream of posts with no distractions, gadgets, widgets, or whatever...