Lawnmowers And Music
Do I get a badge that says “honorary member of the old fart club”, or something? I went shopping at lunchtime on the internet, and ordered a new lawnmower. I...
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Turning A Corner
My other half is sitting up in bed today, eating porridge and drinking lemonade - a huge improvement on recent days. Apparently her body is staging a spirite...
Making The Best Of It
Our youngest daughter had a quiet birthday at home.
Mr Covid Comes To Visit
My other half tested positive for COVID19 this evening. She has had cold symptoms for the last several days. How typical is that? She works in a school - she...
Slowly
Today was the first of my “staycation”. Nine days away from work. I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to fill those days with, given that we can’t really af...
The Witching Hour
According to folklore, midnight marks the time in the day when witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear, and be at their most powerful. There seems t...
Hello Midnight Old Friend
Here we are again - watching the clock slip effortlessly from one day to the next. Our marking of time is a curious thing, isn’t it - we place such significa...
Midnight Is My Friend
Here I am again, sitting in front of the computer in the dead of night, only too aware that I haven’t posted for several days. The world just seems to be get...
Late Oclock
I cooked dinner for the rest of the family this evening. Spaghetti Bolognese - one of the “make something quick that everybody will eat” meals that most fami...
Unexpected Discoveries
Once upon a time I wrote some programming (I’m a software developer in the daytime) to brute-force the problem of finding interesting blogs to read.