September 6, 2020
Clearing a space on the desk in front of me I have all the tools I need to change the strings on a guitar. The thing is, I’ve had this odd anxiety about re-stringing creeping over me recently and I feel a lot of shame about it. Who on earth feels nervous about changing the […]
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August 30, 2020
Cleaning the shelves I’ve removed all of the considerable numbers of books and immediately regretted my chutzpah whilst realising I have massively underestimated the amount of time it will take me to do it properly. I decided to begin when I grew tired of waiting for a response from my web host’s customer support team. […]
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August 23, 2020
The dog has taken to sleeping on the bed, pushed up hard against me leaving no space while she sprawls at all angles, snoring loudly. I always said she’d never be allowed on the bed but her life is short. It disturbs my sleep but rising early in these warm mornings I soon shrug it […]
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August 16, 2020
The legendary TV artist Bob Ross has popped up several times this week making me wonder if he had a message for me from beyond the grave. First, I saw a post about him on social media, then I came across an article about why he is still popular so many years after his death. […]
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August 9, 2020
The sticky overwhelming night bears down on me making sleep all but impossible. The dog shifts from place to place, the floor, the bed, downstairs, the bed, the floor, always picking her way around the cool mat, the one place she might find some peace. I consider curling up on it myself. A tall broad […]
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