It’s been a struggle to write in the past two week because for most of my time has been spent at my desk, hardly moving at all. My fitness tracker buzzes at me regularly, telling me to get up and move, but mostly I ignore it, attached to my screen but not feeling any sense… Continue reading Every day is like Sunday (3&4.22)
Category: Review
Cat and Cow (2.2022)
We are in the closing days of the year of the Ox. This might explain why the past year has felt heavy and slow and angry and overwhelming at times. The next year in the Chinese zodiac is the year of the Tiger, and a water tiger at that. I've looked at several Chinese horoscope… Continue reading Cat and Cow (2.2022)
Happy new… oh whatever (01.2022)
You can't start a new year any better than getting home at 2am, sleeping badly, taking your hangover out for a walk in the New Year’s Day sunshine and then going to the theatre in the evening to see Hamilton, can you? Of course, you could also sit in and do a jigsaw and drink… Continue reading Happy new… oh whatever (01.2022)
Year over (52.2021)
And so we come to the end. Do you remember at the end of 2020 when we said, Next year, next year will be better, and we pinned all our frustrated Covid hopes on a return-to-normal world in 2021? So it didn't happen. On a personal note, early in 2021 I picked my theme song… Continue reading Year over (52.2021)
Merry Catpissmas (51.2021)
The end of the year is getting closer and my brain is getting fuzzier and fuzzier. The sky is still grey. It never gets properly light. I sit at my desk for hours at a time, not moving, even though my fitness watch buzzes at me. I’m not productive, I know I’m not, but I… Continue reading Merry Catpissmas (51.2021)
Darkness on the edge of town (50.2021)
It feels like it's been grey forever. The days are short and never really light. The cloud hides the sky most of the time. I lose track of the days. On Tuesday I think, at least it's the weekend tomorrow. But it's not. On Wednesday I think it's Friday, but it's not. What day is… Continue reading Darkness on the edge of town (50.2021)
49.2021
Fine, just fine. I returned an overdue library book this week. I was pretty sure I had renewed it but that was a false memory. Maybe I was remembering the previous time I'd renewed the loan. Anyway. False memories are expensive when your library book is three weeks overdue! I had to pay more in… Continue reading 49.2021
Mad, motivation, music (48.2021)
Birthday week! A shorter working week and a trip out of London (which I'll write up separately). But this week's observations: World's Gone Crazy: At a time when we should be very concerned about melting polar ice caps and global warming all contributing to climate change, I find myself slapping my head at the stupidity… Continue reading Mad, motivation, music (48.2021)
Escape Goat (47.2021)
This week on the Wake Up/Wind Down podcast, Niall Breslin has been talking about things that make you laugh, because it's good to laugh, it's important to keep a sense of play in your life. And he admits that one of the things that makes him laugh the most is when people get phrases wrong.… Continue reading Escape Goat (47.2021)
Too early, too loud, too kind, too many (46.2021)
The C Word It's still November but here in the UK attention seems to have turned to Christmas already. The radio is full of ads advising us to shop and shop and shop and buy more food and maybe buy new furniture and generally buy your way into celebrating the Festive Season. There's even a… Continue reading Too early, too loud, too kind, too many (46.2021)
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