Weekend with family, and all of a sudden, people need to be in different places at the same time. Rather uncharacteristically, I drive one person back to cook, drive back, and set out on foot to catch up the others. I don’t get many solitary walks these days. Not ones where you’re in the country …
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Rain on the windows
Over in Facebookland, a friend of mine is doing a daily update of something she’s thankful for, in the run up to Thanksgiving. I suppose this set of musings is a fairly similar notion. Some of the idea of the ‘box of delights’ is a reappreciation of little things – with perhaps some encouragement to …
Cranking up the volume
I’m not going to suggest you blast your neighbours – although there is a formula for that where needed, involving a large amp and ‘Mars’ from the Planet Suite, but I’ll save that story for another time. Today’s item for my box of delights is playing something that little bit louder than usual on the …
Box of Delights: being the first to open things
I’m in the pattern of writing, but I’ve completed those 31 days. Time for a new theme. In a month where it’s dark earlier and earlier, where it can be a rather grim-faced downhill-til-Christmas-and-don’t-spend-any-extra-money, I thought it might be nice to celebrate the small things that bring a smile, but don’t break the bank. It’s …
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Scenes from a bus – the sequel
None too good at lucid thought in the mornings on the way to work. There’s a reason why they put free papers on the buses in the mornings. It gives us something to hide behind. I’m usually not even awake enough for that, more about staring out the window and hoping to wake up after …