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Finding Time

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As a few might have noticed, I’ve returned to Wordpress. This had absolutely nothing to do with platforms - more about separation of concerns. I needed to us...

The End Of An Era

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Queen Elizabeth II was buried today. It seems fitting that I write something to mark the day. I’m not a royalist, and never have been, but I appreciate a lif...

If Not Now When

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Tonight (or this morning) I’m taking a leaf from a good friend’s book - and asking myself “if not now, when?”. I’m talking about the blog of course, and writ...

Still Here

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Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated (if indeed there were any). I can’t remember the last time I let so many days go between blog posts. It’s ...

Too Tired To Think

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I’m not entirely sure where the last few days have gone. In-between chores, work, running, writing, more chores, more running, more work, more writing, and e...

Run Like The Wind Bullseye

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Alexa, the curious daemon that lives within an electronic gadget on the bedside table burst into life in her metronomic way once again this morning - filling...

Back To Work

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I won’t lie - there was a feeling of dread at 7am this morning when the alarm clock filled the bedroom with an internet radio station. I drifted in and out o...

Descending Into The Twitterverse

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This morning I have been dipping a toe into the Twitterverse. It’s a strange word, isn’t it - “Twitterverse”. The Twitter Universe. It really is a universe o...

Washing And Writing

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We got home on Wednesday. It’s now Saturday. The washing machine is still going. I think we can see the end of the washing mountain now though (thankfully). ...

The Journey Home

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We left my parents house in Cornwall mid-morning. The final hour was a huge game of backwards Jenga, where our belongings (and various acquisitions) were re-...