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 […]
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 […]
That Was The Week – Beginning on 22 April 2024
This week, the second teaching block of my course came to an end with the submission of my assignment. At the same time, I transferred permanently from temporary compression wraps applied to my legs every 3–4 days by nurses to compression socks permanently worn by me. And so, life takes a couple of new turns. I have […]
That Was The Week – Beginning on 15 April 2024
When it comes to publications on Medium, I keep getting that wrong for myself — and all by myself. The owners and editors have all been great, and are doing great jobs. Despite that, I always seem to find fault where really there is no fault to be found. So, less harm is done if […]