Wednesday 10 February Comfort cultural consumption. On my way home this evening the radio presenter was talking to author Jacqueline Wilson about how the updating of her much loved literary character, Tracy Beaker, had grown up. The children’s books that appealed to so many young people twenty years ago are looked back on fondly byContinue reading “Day 327”
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Day 316
Saturday 30 January What a grim day. Non-stop rain, not particularly heavy stuff, but persistent. Fortunately, it was never heavy enough to keep the birds away from then back garden. And this was my day to take part in the annual Big Garden Birdwatch which is organised by the RSPB. They didn’t let me down;Continue reading “Day 316”
Day 312
Tuesday 26 January Last night, a spider lowered itself down, casually without making a sound or a fuss, and stopped. It rotated softly in a gentle spin, hanging from its silken thread. It stopped at eye-level, above the sink, between me and the wall-mounted bathroom mirror. And as I looked up from brushing my teeth,Continue reading “Day 312”
Day 293
Thursday 07 January I’ve just heard that Mum has tested positive for Covid19. Sadly, so have many in her care home. They have done so fantastically well to avoid it till now, but undoubtedly another sign of how virulent this latest strain of the virus is. It’s a very strange feeling and I am gladContinue reading “Day 293”
Day 279
Thursday 24 DecemberChristmas Eve It’s Christmas Eve, probably my favourite day of the season, there is so much anticipation. Everything closes after today, at least it used to when I was younger. There was always a buzz around town as people panicked and made crazy decisions, purchasing last minute gifts. When I was little, aroundContinue reading “Day 279”
Day 214
Tuesday 20 October When I was driving to work today, I came around a bend in the lane and startled a magpie feeding on the roadside. It lifted itself off the ground seemingly without flapping its wings once. It appeared to just angelically rise up, full wings spread, displaying this striking black and white plumage.Continue reading “Day 214”
Day 140
Friday 07 August I am fascinated by our relationship with the coast. Not the sea, that is something I don’t have a real connection with, although I appreciate many do. I also love the fruits of whatever is harvested from it. No, its the coast that I find wonderful. The final mile or so ofContinue reading “Day 140”
Day 122
Monday 20 July I was relieved to wake up this morning without blisters, painful legs, or sunstroke. That’s the first ‘morning after, the walk before’ where I haven’t had some kind of infliction. Happy days. Down at Heybridge today, and I went to check in with the grounds before going into the building. As IContinue reading “Day 122”
Day 119
Friday 17 July When I was a child, I guess I must have been around 9 or 10, I owned a rabbits foot. I also had a tail. I got them through trading with friends, a rubiks cube was the price. I also acquired a small pen knife that I had also traded, for aContinue reading “Day 119”
The Bald Birder 