Category: life
- Sitting doing nothing on Charmouth beach ()
There was a pandemic, so we cancelled our holiday and spent a week “not working” instead. On Monday the weather was amazing, so we got up early and drove to Charmouth for a laze on the beach. Charmouth is the place where you go to find fossils. I went for a wander along the beach […]
- Greenhouse last gasp ()
As the rest of the garden starts to wilt and look autumnal, there’s loads of stuff growing and ripening in the greenhouse. Still lots of good things to eat. None of this is my work, I should add. All of it is down to Kate. My potatoes are long since dug up, shared with the […]
- Over-overview ()
Back in the early 2000s, I bought a book of aerial photos of London. It was called London, A Photographic Atlas and it was published by getmapping.com. This was, of course, years before Google Maps. Google itself was just a mere baby at this point. Like lots of people I did some clearing out during […]
- I subscribed to Loud and Quiet and now I’m writing about it ()
Not long after lockdown started, I saw a tweet from Gemma Samways about Loud and Quiet, a music magazine I’d never read before. Pre-pandemic, it relied on advertisers to pay the bills, and gave away the magazine for free. The pandemic took away gigs and festivals and most of the mag’s income, so the editors […]
- 18 ()
B turned 18 today. It feels like he only arrived a blink ago. I made him a little book of Dadly advice: It’s the sort of stuff he probably doesn’t need, or want, to hear or read right now. But maybe in a few years, some of it might come in useful. In another blink […]
- Some flahs ()
- Not in the studio ()
We’re 100+ days into lockdown, and I’m still not back in this little studio, broadcasting my little show. It makes me very sad. I miss the scruffy room and miss the twiddly knobs and buttons. I miss the fun of compiling my show playlist during the week. I miss the motivation it gives me to […]
- Still walking ()
The days drift on, and drift into one another. I’ve noticed them passing quicker, weirdly. Whole weeks have flashed past in a repetitive routine of eat, sleep, type, Zoom, repeat. Scratch that, I’m lucky: I have limited Zooming to do. Work is still very much part-time, so I have some time to think about other […]
- An idea for self-service checkouts ()
Here’s a little idea I had months ago – you can tell, because this is a photo I took in the real world, in a shop, before everything went weird. I was buying something in WH Smiths in Paddington Station. I can’t remember what it was, probably a Twix or something. Anyway the self service […]
- Breakfast and birds in the garden ()
I’ve been less busy that usual, and that means time to have breakfast outside in the sunshine, listening to the birds. The other morning was particularly nice, the light was glorious, the birds were going at it. I sipped my tea, sat on the edge of one of the veg birds, and let it wash […]