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)
Tag: Covid-19
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)
Take a deep breath in…
...but not too deep, or you might inhale the corona virus. Rising infection numbers of the Omicron variant in England have prompted the government to take action and instigate a "work from home if you can" instruction. Just when I'd started to get used to seeing people and talking to people and not having to… Continue reading Take a deep breath in…
Travel in a time of Covid-19
We read all the instructions several times to make sure we'd covered everything. Vaccination proof? CheckMadeirasafe website information completed? Check Airline check-in done? (although with much cursing at the airline's rubbish website on my part) Check (Although the airline website generates a document that declares "This is not a boarding pass. Please check in at… Continue reading Travel in a time of Covid-19
The last week of… something (28.2021)
This was the last week of Covid restrictions in England. Or most restrictions at least. From Monday 19th (referred to by the stupid as "Freedom Day") nightclubs and sports stadia and concert venues can open at full capacity; scanning a barcode for track-and-trace is no longer required; social distancing and one-way systems are no longer… Continue reading The last week of… something (28.2021)
Before and After (27.2021)
I'm disappointed that I'm late again with getting this week's post published. Sorry, but my weekends that should be my writing and reading time are being eaten up by jigsaws. Pointless gesture of the week: the Queen awarded a medal to the National Health service (NHS) on the occasion of their 73rd anniversary. Not on… Continue reading Before and After (27.2021)
Four twenties ten (19.2021)
Anyone who has ever learned a foreign language will find certain aspects of the learned language amusing. Perhaps it's the concept of gender applied to inanimate objects - why is a table feminine? But one of the weirdest things I've seen is that the French words for 70, 80 and 90 are sixty-ten, four-twenties and… Continue reading Four twenties ten (19.2021)
Hell in a tall hat (18.2021)
Any week I don't get my post out an a Sunday I feel disappointed in myself. Especially when I didn't spend Sunday engaged in anything else more important - unless jigsaw making and gardening and reading count as more important? Actually gardening felt quite important as the spring weeds have also sprung and are growing… Continue reading Hell in a tall hat (18.2021)
Hi ho holiday week (12.21)
Yes, it's been a week of much excitement, a whole week off work! Not that I went very far as we are still in lockdown. But it has been fun to sit in another room and look at some different walls instead of my work screens and the walls of my 'office'. Actually I did… Continue reading Hi ho holiday week (12.21)
Tales from Tobhamhor 