I started my new job this week. But it was three days in before I went to the office and started to meet my new colleagues. The woman who is helping me settle in brought me flowers, which was lovely and a sign of how happy she is she no longer has to manage a… Continue reading Sprung (11.22)
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All change please (10.22)
I will try this week not to mention the U word or the R word. Or the W word. There is enough in the news about this already. In my gloomy outlook last week I forgot to talk about how the easing of restrictions looks. Because we are there now, the other side. The After.… Continue reading All change please (10.22)
Book book go (7.22)
Sleep is a precious thing On Monday I managed to get some golden hours of sleep between 3-something and 7am when the alarm went off. It was such good sleep I lay in bed longer than I should have, savouring the after feeling of all that sleep, like running a finger around a plate to… Continue reading Book book go (7.22)
Run. Away. (6.22)
I was listening to my running playlist at home early this week and I realised - it's not so much the running I miss, but my running playlist. It really does have some inspiring cracking tunes on it! That's not to say I don't also miss my time in the park in the quiet of… Continue reading Run. Away. (6.22)
Signs of spring (5.22)
Spring is on its way. I can see the signs - daffodil leaves starting to spear up out of the ground, the daylight is getting that much more perceptibly longer, the tulips I keep in pots str sticking tentative leaves up to feel the air. Spring is coming. Spring means change. Many things are changing.… Continue reading Signs of spring (5.22)
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…
Time to think (37.2021)
This week, I have been concerned about wasps: the winged insect kind, not white Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They have built a nest in my neighbour’s roof. I don’t know how long they’ve been there but on the weekend I saw a lot of flying things caught in the sunlight over their roof while I was doing… Continue reading Time to think (37.2021)
Putting the pieces back together (31.2021)
It's strange how pieces from different places connect sometimes. I'm not talking about jigsaws here (for once). I heard this week that one of the more interesting novels I've read in recent years, Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, has been made into a movie called Spoor. I found… Continue reading Putting the pieces back together (31.2021)
Back in the old routine (26.2021)
It's always tough adjusting back to work after a holiday. Being stationary for longer periods of time, having to think and concentrate, and worst of all, not having regular access to British TV murdering programmes. The last one was easiest to solve, and Husband and I - for our sins - are watching old episodes… Continue reading Back in the old routine (26.2021)
Surprise! (9.21)
It's the start of March! And I have held true to my promise to myself to resume running on 1st March. (The last run was 23 December) And I went running on 3rd March too! Most surprising was that I haven't lost as much 'puff' as I thought I would. I was able to do… Continue reading Surprise! (9.21)
Tales from Tobhamhor 