September 20, 2020
We’re in the garage preparing for a long-overdue run to the tip. Logs are piled in scant preparation for a hard winter that may well be more severe than we care to think about. My son hauls a filthy sports bag down from a shelf next to boxes of an album I made a decade […]
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September 13, 2020
Sitting at the dining table with empty plates in front of us I can feel the dog lying on my feet out of sight, hopeful. A familiar discussion strikes up. “How many chocolate puddings are left?” my son asks his girlfriend. “I think there are two. How many have you had?” “I had one yesterday. […]
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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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