Ay, there’s the rub. My sleep patterns are completely out of sync. It’s now thirteen minutes past midnight, and I’m wide awake after just having slept for almost four hours. I shall probably sit here for some considerable time, hoping I’ll nod off again without too much difficulty when I do eventually hit the bunkContinue reading “To sleep, perchance to dream…”
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2017
If you say it, that could mean just after a quarter past eight in the evening. It’s of no consequence to this piece. It is irrelevant, but I just wanted to tell the truth about what I was thinking as I typed those digits. Right now it’s 2342. Four years ago today, I became theContinue reading “2017”
Seems reasonable
Except for tomorrow.
Exercising my rights?
I should preface this with a disclaimer. I recently returned to the UK to spend some time with my dear old wobbly mum and dad. I took the decision at fairly short notice, and was essentially free to do so because my tireless, lovely mother-in-law could stand in for me and take care of myContinue reading “Exercising my rights?”
57 is the Magic Number
I bet you thought it was three, or something to do with Heinz, but, no. I counted them all out and I counted them all back. 57 Harley Davidson lookalikes. I think they were actually Yamahas. This morning they were all together, in convoy; a long line in pairs, trailing two black convertible Mercedes BenzContinue reading “57 is the Magic Number”
It’s the Little Things
Sitting alone in my room, counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds, I have plenty of time to think. So what? I spend most of my waking hours (minutes and seconds) thinking. Today, in a moment of intense clarity, I realised that I wasn’t thinking about the little things; I was simply enjoying oneContinue reading “It’s the Little Things”
Testing, testing, testing
My experiences of the last several weeks have raised a number of questions. I doubt I could find satisfactory answers to these questions, but they are questions which play on my mind, so perhaps it is worth writing them down, just in case anyone out there has something. Anyone? I should really start with whatContinue reading “Testing, testing, testing”
Quarantine
He’s back. He’s back in black. He’s back in black, without a snack. Who would have thought that in late 2021, I’d be sitting here, held in solitary confinement in some anonymous military establishment in north-west Taiwan? I thought quarantine was what happened to pet dogs on entering the UK from somewhere foreign, back whenContinue reading “Quarantine”
Twenty 20
A quicker version of cricket? An indication of perfect vision? A Godawful year? Take your pick. This time last year, I decided to start writing again. I had no particular plan – previously I have written about one record per day for a whole year, but this time I set no parameters. I just feltContinue reading “Twenty 20”
Tea Leaves Matter
Let’s be honest, all leaves matter, but that’s not really the point. I’m not yet asking you to ‘Take the Tea’. Relax. That will come later. A crisis has been averted, and the world needs to know about it. Rather, I need to explain, primarily to myself, how on earth I can justify having teaContinue reading “Tea Leaves Matter”
2020 - A Year of Perfect Vision 