Second Coffee
It’s mid-morning on Friday, and I’m taking a break from everything for a few minutes. I’m about to go and put the kettle on in the kitchen, and make a second...
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Every Other Day
I seem to have fallen into a pattern of sorts - posting every other day. I’m not quite sure how it happened - it certainly wasn’t intentional. Today’s post i...
Alone In The Dark
I’m sitting alone in the living room lit only by a lamp in the far corner, throwing long shadows across the room. A classical music radio station is quietly ...
Coffee And Spotify
It’s Sunday afternoon, and you find me tapping a few words into the blog, accompanied by a cup of coffee, and the Starbucks “Global” playlist on Spotify. I t...
Reinstalling
Deep breath. This is going to get very nerdy, very quickly. I’ll just get it over with, shall I?
Wednesday
I went for a run this morning. I would like to tell you that it was easy, and I felt great, and “go me!”. In reality it was hard work, I felt like crap, and ...
In Search Of Distraction
It’s been a strange sort of day - proof reading documents, checking, modifying, reading again. Hopefully I’m nearing the end of the journey I’ve been on in r...
A Whole New World
Perhaps it says something that even half a world away, I have been unable to distract myself from the United States election for the last several days. I hav...
Friday
I’m decompressing somewhat this evening, after spending the greater part of the week writing a lengthy technical document for work. I think it surprises my f...
Watching From Afar
I have been distracted throughout the day watching the American election results roll in. I tried to explain what was happening and why to my children earlie...