Image thanks to ConfidentWriters.com I have to admit to being borderline obsessive. Perhaps it’s an age thing but apparently I am getting worse. I find it very easy to start things yet very hard to stop them. Take my obsession with Duo Lingo, for example, which I usually enjoy. I find the mental challenge of … Continue reading Obsession
Going to the grave
It seems common to live somewhere for a long time and not visit the local attractions, it can be hard to see your hometown as a tourist might. Up here on the fringes of England, Morpeth may not, at first glance, have a lot to offer the traveller yet thinking about it, it is worth … Continue reading Going to the grave
Small town football
My son in law’s birthday is quite near Christmas, not that that’s a problem but it means that Christmas and birthday presents can appear to run into one. To avoid this, it has become a sort of tradition of ours to go and visit a local sporting event. This time we’d thought about the rugby … Continue reading Small town football
What was your name?
Image thanks to makemeameme.org How many times have you been to the doctors or somewhere important and the receptionist has asked ‘What was your name again?’ Perhaps you’ve never noticed but you will from now on. It’s a peculiar expression on two counts, firstly that your name still is and secondly that it assumes that … Continue reading What was your name?
The market will correct itself
Image thanks to Freepik When we first bought our house, back in the day, we took out an endowment mortgage. I don’t know if such a thing exists these days yet they promised the earth. Basically, if I recall correctly, you borrowed the money for the house, paid the interest only and took out an … Continue reading The market will correct itself
Have you got your tickets yet?
Image thanks to Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock Well, have you? Unless you’ve been living on the moon over the last few months you cannot have missed the much hyped reunion of 90s band Oasis. It’s been everywhere, social media, magazines, radio and even the television news. To be honest, they are not my thing. I was into … Continue reading Have you got your tickets yet?
The simplest of things
Humans are amazing creatures. We’ve plumbed the depths of the oceans and have sent crafts billions of kilometres into space. We’ve created beautiful works of art and developed evermore complicated ways of killing each other. There seems to be no bounds to our curiosity and intellect yet it is the simplest of things that continue … Continue reading The simplest of things
Waiting, waiting, waiting.
If you’ve been following my blog, you will know that we have been getting some building work done at the back of the house. It wasn’t a big job but went on longer than it should. Anyway, the structure is up now and the gardener has arrived to relay the patio. As I write this … Continue reading Waiting, waiting, waiting.
The sea designs the boat
Image thanks to the Vasa museum I enjoyed listening to Tom Chatfield’s talk at Thinking Digital this year. I can call him Tom as we met when I went to buy his book ‘Wise Animals’. He even wrote a nice inscription on the inside cover. I always come away from Thinking Digital with books as … Continue reading The sea designs the boat
Building Work
I apologise to anyone who has had to sit through an online meeting with me over the last few weeks. We’ve been getting some building work done on the house, with a lot of banging and drilling, making it quite difficult, at times, to be an active participant. Since COVID, this has been a regular … Continue reading Building Work
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 