Staring Into the 4am Void
Lockdown has been going on in the UK for how many weeks now? Too many. I got ill mid-March and am only now recovering. We very, very strongly suspect COVID-19 b...
Erraticisms
Posts that don’t fit into other categories huddle together here for warmth.
Small Change
There's a pile of pound coins and a five pound note on the mantelpiece and right now, it's an anomaly. We can't go out so we can't spend it and so it sits. Not ...
Finding My Place
Last month, on a Saturday morning and bleary-eyed from the night before, I took a deep breath, opened a door and walked into a room. I knew a few people, which ...
Moving in to 2020
After a painfully drawn out six-month process, we finally moved from a small, city centre flat to a semi-detached house. We're still in Nottingham, a city we lo...
Story of a Miscarriage
'Story of a Miscarriage' was originally posted on a blog that's no longer in existence, so I'm reposting it now to remember and honour what happened. It may be ...
The growing pile of reading books
I have a nasty habit of reading books. It's not, in itself, a bad habit. However, I inhale the pages. And they have to be pages — real books with inked words on...
Hello world (an introductory post)
So, hello. My blog has finally landed and just in time for Christmas... although why you'd be reading this when there're presents to wrap and all the myriad act...