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. […]
Why You Don’t Need To Be Good In Order To Be Good
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. […]
Running Out Of Time And What To Do About It
It’s Saturday evening and I have no idea what I’m going to write here this week. Usually, I can look back over the past days and something emerges but today? Nothing. I scrape the ice from the bottom shelf of the constantly malfunctioning freezer with a palette knife and then the door won’t shut so, […]
How To Keep Going When It’s Hot
It’s 5 am, still too hot for sleep, and I find myself wide awake hearing the patter of welcome raindrops falling against the window. I feel both grateful for a respite from the heat and a pang of regret that I left the washing out all night. I get up, go out into the garden, […]
How To Be A Failure
I’m playing “Grand Theft Auto” because my son wants to relive a little of his past. His girlfriend, who is isolating in the house too, is less keen so I decide to take it for a test drive but find myself hopelessly ill equipped. “It’s much harder than ‘Red Dead Redemption’” I complain. “I don’t […]
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