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Morning sounds in my back garden.
Leave a commentThe drone of a single bee hidden beside the shed. A wood pigeon calls. A rook answers. The sun slowly emerges in a bath of blue sky.
Diminishing Darkness
Leave a commentI became aware of the diminishing darkness unlocking the sky’s potential.
Listliss morning
Leave a commentA cold listless morning. Timmy is out back throwing a mouse in the air, playing catch by himself near our old green kayak.
One more wink
Leave a commentA lone car rumbles down the street the morning yawns you pretend to sleep not ready for the hustle just one more wink
A personal piece of hell
Leave a commentBlew out my brain like a flat tire this morning. That happens when I get a head full of ideas but can’t them out fast enough. The after math of which is a stress headache or at least I presumed to be a stress headache. At times like these, I’m... Read More
Smoke
Leave a commentSmoke drifts in thin line, silence cut by time, the day lurks and night retreats.
Hooray for mom and pop shops, they add colour to local neighbourhoods
Leave a commentI like the diversity of sights and sounds in a big city. I don’t know how you feel about public transport, but I think taking a bus across the city is a fantastic way to survey the landscape. I took the #48 bus from Downend to Bristol City Centre, a distance... Read More
March days
Leave a commentGreat Expectations, Charles Dickens
Something new
Leave a commentI’m dog tired tonight. Weekends make you weak. The only thing keeping me awake right now are three pieces of spearmint gum and the promise of watching Walking Dead later tonight. I have some neat pictures from my Bristol trip over the weekend which I haven’t edited yet. Bristol left... Read More
Do what you came here to do (and dream a little too)
Leave a commentListen! If you’re not doing what you want to do in this life, it’s on you. We live in a time where you can just about make a living doing anything you set your mind to provided you have the heart, the stamina, and the patience to succeed. If you’re... Read More
Before the lights go out
Leave a commentIt was an evening of websites and Stranger Things. I’m burnt out on websites, both designing ‘em and surfing ‘em. I’m late the game with Stranger Things. A friend recommended I watch it ages ago and I’m just now getting around to doing so. The series reminds of the old... Read More
I was wrong, they do like adventure
Leave a commentIt’s funny how watching a 20 minute short film can totally shift your perspective on life. The Banff Mountain Film Festival was in town last night. So I decided to stopped by. Of course, me being me, I showed up without a ticket, thinking, “this is Leamington Spa, surely there... Read More
A different kind of war
Leave a commentI felt like reading some Bukowski over lunch. I landed on the poem Mademoiselle from Armentieres. It’s a contrast between old wars and new wars. All boys like to romanticise war. There’s something in our DNA that makes us want to run around the neighbourhood playing army-man, cops and robbers,... Read More
The Numbers
Leave a commentLife is staggering when you start playing with the numbers. “Consider this: You can see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum and hear less than 1% of the acoustic spectrum. As you read this, you are traveling at 220 km/sec across the galaxy. 90% of the cells in your... Read More
Nested loops and misplaced priorities
Leave a commentWanda woke me up at 5am. Nothing like a set of claws digging into your chin to get your Monday morning started. I stumble downstairs and get the coffee on. It’s meant to be my reading period, but my computer keeps calling me. This happens whenever I start building a... Read More
Prowling the wilderness to hear the voices cry
Leave a commentSunday evening. That time when you have to start making the mental transition from weekend to work night. I’m sat here listening to Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Catch A Fire album and burning incense. I’m in the mood for some Henry Miller, but I end of reading Smile, You’re... Read More
An unexpected road trip
Leave a commentI like a good road trip, especially when I haven’t been more than 10 miles from my house in too many days. So when the boy sent me an IM at 9:30 last night asking me to come rescue his tortoise, I eagerly accepted the mission. Ok, the tortoise didn’t... Read More
Pizza, Beer, Zombies and Vampires, a Typical Friday Evening
Leave a commentPizza. Check. A couple of alcoholic bevvies. Check. A few of rounds of Call of Duty zombie mode. Check. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Check. It must be Friday night. I write that as if it Friday still means the same as it did when I worked the corporate salt mines.... Read More
Chew the bottom of my shoe or blogging like it’s 1999
Leave a commentIs it retro to go back to personal blogging like it was back in the days of LiveJournal where I started with my very first blog, chew the bottom of my shoe Talk about about #ThrowBackThursday, I made my first entry on that blog on Sunday, 10 December 2006 at... Read More