Apparently it's 7:32PM. But it's really 7:32AM. ✍️ Reply by email Originally posted at Nice Marmot 19:32 Saturday, 18 July 2026
I think "blogoverse" is a better neologism than "blogosphere," though I suppose blogosphere has been around long enough that it's no longer a neologism. Anyway, Loren is feeling uninspired. This too shall pass. Other Loren is sharing photos from his trip back home. Both Lorens inspire me for their longevity. Not only in blogging but in breathing. How many octogenarian feeds do you follow? Speaking of longevity, my appointment got moved up to the 23rd of this month. That's a welcome improvement.…
Yes, the raccoon is still well and alive, one would say more than ever. I haven’t become roadkill yet on my runs, and I hope it stays that way. I’ve been off regular blogging for some time now, and I’m not expecting to be, due to personal matters. My last post was about my beginnings with running, and this one will be the continuation. I promise I’m not turning to a running blog, but because that’s what I’ve been passionate about lately, this is the topic that I write about (also it doesn’t…
You think you have a choice, but no. You don’t. Who you are is who you are and of course, there are reasons behind this same as there is a reason behind “us.” And so,such is the way you are, such is the way you were born and more, such are the reasons you exist in this world.There is a reason for everythingI know – I do not say change is unavoidableand nor is change avoidablebut man can only hit his headso many timesuntil he learns his lesson.Late or not.Lessons come with a price and prices…
I. The Height of the Mark The soil-reader came to the Vask terrace on the third morning after thaw, chalk in a tin box, an assistant to carry the ladder. Odrun stood in his doorway with Sennet beside him and watched the man measure the wet ground with a bare foot — heel to the channel, toes to the sill, the old walk, the one that could not be argued with because there was nothing in it to take hold of and argue. He paced the width of the terrace. Then he climbed the ladder and made his mark.…
Me windsurfing in the 80s STATUS: Family Reunion, today TODO: Get through the reunion. I like everyone, but it's way too much peopleing I've really gone and over-complicated things now. ✍️ Reply by email
Happy weekend! And here it’s overcast (at least for now) and cooler than it’s been in days. I planned a long weekend at somewhat the last minute, to give me chance to do a few tasks around the house and build my new bike storage, so the cooler weather works out well! Anyway, to the books… Books acquired this week There are actually three ARCs in the mail to me, but they haven’t arrived yet, so I can only talk about this one. I got the email offering me this ‘read now’ on Netgalley and have…
For the past two weeks, we've had a solitary ant in the kitchen. I've thought it odd--ants don't usually travel alone.This morning, I'm wondering if it was a scout ant, sent ahead to find a good homestead. This morning, we have ants all over the kitchen.We rarely have bug problems in this house in Arden, which is strange because we live on a densely wooded lot, the kind of woods that means we don't have any yard care tasks. We pay for termite protection because we're in a wooden house on a…
sighThere are two miters that slipped by each other. This corner is the worse and the one I had noticed yesterday. It would seem that using my fingers to keep the bottom flush didn't work worth diddly squat.almost perfectThis scrap of pine was left over after making the bandings. It is one frog hair below the lowest misaligned corner. I used it to to plane the height of the inside bandings down to it.outside bandings dry fittedNo hiccups this time - got all four bandings on and fitted the first…
Are you nervous? / There's no point in being nervous now. / Ha, you're right. / It's like, I'm already here, so I might as well get on with it. / Well, that's one way to look at it. / So it is. / Come on. / Oh, wow, you're right, there really is a huge sign. / You just don't pay attention. / Or maybe I'm just new. / I should've gotten you lost. / You wouldn't. / I would. / You've got plenty of other opportunities. / I'll make the most of them. / Ugh, just admit you don't like me. / Ha! It…
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Gig number one is the birthday party for Da Da Da zine, run by Elodie Ginsbourg. It's in Sheffield and starts at 3 p.m.I'll be on at 5.30Tickets here: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sheffield/Channing-Hall/DA-DA-DA-party/42375316/Tomorrow's gig is in Halifax at the wonderful Grayston Unity. Again, it's an afternoon gig (starting at 2 p.m.)Tickets here and also available on the door: https://www.seetickets.com/event/afternoon-of-storytellers/the-grayston-unity-hx1-1pu/3631481
Current stage of pregnancy: week 9 GA; week 7 FA We had our first imaging done. The baby is alive and well attached, heart is beating, everything's good. Turned out my mild bleeding wasn't an hematoma, nothing's to worry about. Seeing the baby on the screen made me realize it's really happening. Finally, we told our parents we were having a baby. I think my mom's having an existential crisis, but that's ok. On the symptom's side, things are slowly getting better. I can't believe I'm almost done…
I have had some wonderful holidays in my life, and yet I am secretly always longing to jump into my favourite books and share a holiday there. I once wrote a post about a destination resort with the title There may be murderers, but no riff raff which pretty much sums it up, right? Can you work out which trip-based book that was without checking? I’m looking at these particular choices - not quite all based on crime books, but let's start with one of the best: 1) A cruise on the Nile. Yes, even…
I’m inclined to skip cardio. By the time I’m done lifting weights each morning, I’m feeling beat. Also, I’m anxious to get back to my desk and start the big editorial lift of the day, which can feel heavier than any dumbbell.In that state, the idea of subjecting myself to a measly 10-minute Apple Fitness cycling routine sounds like pure torture. In fact, if I start thinking ahead to that little nugget of HIIT I’m supposed to do, my motivation to finish strength training wanes, too.Rather than…
583 active days, 14,111 XP and roughly 235 hours: what two and a half years of Math Academy actually looks like.
Hydration with Altitude The Water the Mountains Kept for ThemselvesFor millennia, the Dolomites have held a secret. Not the snow. Not the stone. The water. Filtered through ancient limestone, rested in subterranean aquifers, and released only when the mountain feels emotionally ready, this is not water that rushes. This is water that waits. It has boundaries. It knows its worth. Alpine Infused Water is sourced from the municipal springs of Trento, a commune nestled in the Italian Alps, where…
It’s been a while. There is a blank page and I don't know what to write. This is mostly me thinking out loud. After a bunch of weeknotes, a proper journal post starts to feel a bit high-stakes. Weeknotes are easy; just log what happened. A blank essay page wants a topic. Something bigger than “work was hectic this week.” So the mind starts looking for topics. Portfolio? Design/art? Offline living? Music/books? Mountains? AI? A trip that already got its Sunday paragraph? Vulnerability? I can…
Let's set the Wayback Machine to Palos Verdes, California, to visit Marineland of the Pacific! Marineland of the Pacific was a public oceanarium and tourist attraction located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast in Los Angeles County, California. Architect William Pereira designed the main structure. It was also known as Hanna-Barbera's Marineland during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Marineland operated from 1954 until 1987, when it was purchased by the owners of SeaWorld San Diego.This first…
Mermaids revisitedOne morning recently the Resident Wise Woman and I, finding ourselves in the middle of nowhere in northern Herefordshire, realised we were not far from Ludlow. Lunchtime was looming so we decided to make our way there for refreshment. It was a no-brainer to pay a visit to St Laurence’s church, one of the largest and best in the country bordering Wales, while we were there. We’d visited this church before, but we knew there was more than enough there to make another visit…
Up at 9.30a.m. A nice morning again. Ron and Jane came at 12 noon. Took Nell and I there for the day. Jane was very funny. She was in her pool.
caught a gorgeous sunset our first night in Victoria Highlight of the week: went to Phillips Backyard Music Festival in Victoria to see Angine de Poitrine (and Modest Mouse)! Looking forward to: chilling at home this weekend 1% nicer: pantry tidy-up and improved some kitchen storage Stuff I did: 1 hour consulting we made it a long weekend in Victoria 👍👍 it was also nice to get away from the house for a few days so I could have a break from constant reminders about my cat 😭 unpacked from trip,…
The view on our way back to London after a short stay in Istanbul. For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday
“Show me where the becoming-work is asking to go next” was today's cast during my usual long-er weekend meditation session. The typical process over the last few months has been identifying the general theme of the week and then letting these sessions cast more light on the subject. In some cases that looks like an in-trance vision, contact, post session immersive altered states such as projection, lucid dreaming, bilocation, Liminal encounter at the thresholds, or synchronicity and intuition…
Slim Summer Saturday The author Geoff Dyer has written a memoir of his 60s/70s childhood in Cheltenham, specifically what it was like to grow up in a working class suburb, go to an average primary school and be changed by a grammar school education. Born in 1958, Geoff was the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet metal worker, and although he's seven years older than me I still found his account extraordinarily evocative. It's called Homework and these are 100 of the things he mentioned, in…
This is a list I wrote years ago when I was feeling decidedly unplayful, and needed something to help me focus on the good things in my life. It's remained one of my favourite tools in my arsenal to my focus on a life led by joy. It was written to invoke my inner child, and boy does she show up when I read this. Always wear comfy clothes (you never know when the urge to dance strikes!) Always keep a notepad by your side (you never know when inspiration bashes you over the head) Don't get in the…
Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit! This week I learned about an undersea 'jellyfish' roundabout... some excellent engineering going on here!World first under sea roundaboutTHE NEW GIANT UNDERWATER “JELLYFISH” ROUNDABOUT HAS BECOME THE LATEST FAROE ISLANDS TOURIST ATTRACTION Get better at work. Every Week. One Email. Practical Tools. Real Progress. Get the Mail…
Two meetings to briefly reflect on. 12 July, I wasn’t there, as we went to a family gathering in Dulwich Park. A pleasant afternoon, aided by excellent Jamaican food, a strong breeze, and sitting in the shade next to a bed of Maximilian Sunflowers. I gather that five members turned up, failed to run a train, but talked all afternoon. I call that a result. The 15 July was the ESNG AGM. Nine members turned up for this exciting highlight of the year, but it was improved by our early Wednesday…
I truly don’t know how DJs used to do it. As a mobile and event DJ, I have to bring all my stuff. There’s no way I would’ve pack all those crates of garbage back then. Somebody told me a long time ago, “If you could perform with your watch, you probably would.” Probably. It’s why I like the MPC Live 1 and 25-key synthesizers. Tight and compact. They just do the job. This weekend I’m doing a gig with a Reloop Mixtour Pro and an iPad. That’s about half a shoebox worth of gear. I may bring my…
Few hours stalking carp on The Puddle. And double #10 - summer challenge cracked with a beautiful 12lb 1oz mirror - ace! Plenty of light (and bread) left I kept on wandering round - loosing a tench before banking a chunky 10lb 7oz common. Focusing on the tench, I thought for a second I'd hit a big roach - but a PB hybrid at 1lb 12oz to wrap things up. A Puddle tench next?
