Things I Cared About – With tongue in cheek
Love. I cared about love. It came in many forms from many different kinds of people. I gave as much as I could manage. Breath. Yours or mine, or ours together, knowing we get to see another day. Mouthwash is good. Imbalance. Not everything has to be the same. Imperfection, too. It seems I have […]
That Was The Week – 13 January 2025
In this last week, a number of very significant things have been happening, and I have been trying to make sense of them, as one, single, tiny observer. The first of these has been the anxiety and distress seen amongst the people of Los Angeles who have been made homeless by the wild fires. We […]
Embracing Retirement – And continuing on with that chapter in life
When it comes to chapters, they can be deeply personal in our lives, and we might imbue them with a great deal of meaning, according to the emotional experience we have had within them. As I leave behind the world of work, and begin the new life (6 months in so far) of retirement, I […]
Passion In Our Ordinary Lives – Wherever we are in 2025
As I sit here writing, I am listening to the London Symphony Orchestra play Carl Nielsen’s Helios overture, which is a wonderful musical experience, at least from my perspective. This is being played-out on my TV via streaming from Marquee TV. Thus, I am also looking from time to time at the musicians playing their […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 18 November 2024
Monday was a busy day for me, going first to Cardiff to see the lovely daughter. She is now on 20,000 words, and doing well with it and, most importantly, having fun with it too. Later, I went to see a huge display of Christmas lights filling the front garden of a large house. All […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 11 November 2024
At the beginning of the week, Sandy and I went to see ‘Blitz’ in the cinema, which was written and directed by Steve McQueen. It starred Saoirse Ronan as the mum, Paul Weller (from ‘The Jam’) as the grandad, and with an outstanding performance by Elliott Heffernen as the 9 year-old boy, with the addition […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 4 November 2024
I made a visit to the University of England (UWE) main campus library at the beginning of the week where I have formerly used their very quiet study area for reading and writing. On the last occasion I travelled there, it took me 40 minutes to go from my flat to be sat down in […]
The Value of Ignorance – And how it enriches my life
I would like to argue that my life is enriched and has great value as a result of my ignorance. I appreciate that this is a somewhat strange thing to say, and so I will attempt to explain how I have reached that conclusion. It is particularly strange for me to talk about the enrichment […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 28 October 2024
This was a big week for the UK, where I live, and it was quite a big week for me, personally, but on a really tiny scale for the rest of the world. Nonetheless, my day, like everyone else’s day, is made-up of tiny events, which become significant within the individual worlds in which we […]
Red Armchair – Existing as a magic portal
Here is an armchair, a Chesterfield armchair — only one — as two would not have fitted in this small space. The giant sofa did not fit through the door of the flat (apartment), never mind in the lounge/study/dining room/ extended kitchen space that really should just have been a lounge. Still, the kitchen is […]