"I now have a collection of 16 rubber ferrules in various styles and sizes"
Tag: life
Diary: October 2020
Warning: 7,000 words. Might require a pot of tea, and biscuits.
Flashback: This week last year
My Diary for this week last year tells me that I was…
Diary: 5-7 November
The US has a new president... finally
Diary: 1-4 November
SUNDAY In Canada there's been a new twist on Halloween as an occasion not to remember the dead but to build on the body count. # It would be nice to think the new Lockdown announced by the PM last night a had some kind of strategy behind it. If he'd said, "Heads up. The … Continue reading Diary: 1-4 November
Week 44…
The countdown to CoronaChristmas starts now
Diary: 30-31 October
With Lockdown 2.0 looming
Week 43…
Of what’s becoming a long and winding road, with holes
Diary: 23-25 October
The extra hour in bed was nice
Diary: September 2020
A month in which Brexit briefly made us all think about something else for a change
Diary snapshot: Halloween
Get ready for the fear...
Diary: 19-22 October
When fallen leaves became our best friends
Flashback: In this week last year
I accidentally sat on my reading glasses. So it became the holiday "of sticky tape and epoxy glue"
Week 42…
The road to the end of 2020 is narrowing
Diary: 17-18 October
Wandering Winchester works wonders
Diary: 12-16 October
Five more days in a uncertain world
Diary snapshot: Winnall Moors, Winchester
If eyeballing toads is your thing
Art in isolation: ‘All The Boys I Ever Kissed’
Every name tells a story...
Week 41…
Seven more days disappear down the plug hole of life
Diary: 10-11 October
The roundabout stops for 48 hours


















