Whilst I retired, officially, on 30 April, as I don’t usually work on Thursday or Friday today was the first day when I am “at large” when I would otherwise be working. I won’t lie – it has been tremendous. The day started a bit rainy, but Lyra and I had a lovely long walk.Continue reading “Liberation day”
Category Archives: day dreaming
From Coconuts to Mars via Sartre
A good stretch of the legs with Lyra this morning, with plenty of time for musing. (A good thing as it is raining now so its a short hop this evening!). My internet research over breakfast following on from yesterday’s riff on how the humble coconut could have turned out to be a whinfruit (moreContinue reading “From Coconuts to Mars via Sartre”
Not yet Ché
On 1st May I received a message from the Law Society to tell me I had been removed from the roll of solicitors (any my own instigation I should add, I’ve not been defrauding grannies (whatever my mum has to say)). Aha I thought, that’s me leaving the establishment…. Which brought me in mind ofContinue reading “Not yet Ché”
Damp bahookie
There’s something quite liberating about knowing that no one is going to drop by. However, what I am discovering about my “liberated” self, is that she has not developed much from the 8 year old with a prized a baggie net, save for becoming more scruffy. (It is a known fact that, despite spending mostContinue reading “Damp bahookie”
Looking and not seeing
Sometimes something can be right in front of you, metaphorically making jazz hands, and you just don’t see it. I had a morning coffee by the top pond today and spent a happy hour admiring the water hawthorn and the hostas coming through. It was only later in the day that I was suddenly shockedContinue reading “Looking and not seeing”
It’s glorious, it must be a Monday
Don’t get me wrong, I’m lucky I can work from home and am not facing unemployment or a massive drop off in my normal income. Let’s take this as read. I do, however, really struggle with sticking at it on a very sunny day. It’s fine if there’s a crisis brewing and I can pullContinue reading “It’s glorious, it must be a Monday”
A day off
I suffered from galloping insomnia on Thursday night for some reason. I seem to be prone to it at the moment. I sleep very lightly wake every few hours. Usually it’s ok but on Thursday (or rather Friday morning) I made two schoolgirl errors. I had been waking on and off all night and gotContinue reading “A day off”
What’s in a name?
Over last night’s curry (and shout out here to Abdul and the team at the Coldstream Radjhani Spice – another corker!) we descended to the time tested family game of combining place names into characters for the novel/play none of us is ever going to write. Thus far we have: Guay Tullimache of Ruthven –Continue reading “What’s in a name?”