Category Archives: Life

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1512: Fatiguing Period

It has been a highly fatiguing period, and that probably has a lot to do with getting back on the bike and riding the bike and cycling and using my legs in ways they haven’t been used in a while, … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1509: As I Always Do

Tomorrow morning I’m gonna get up, get ready and ride my bike most of the way to work. I’m not sure why I’m saying this, but I guess the main reason is so that people are ready for the inevitable … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1508: Comfortable Banality

Is this cafe my new regular? I don’t know, but the atmosphere remains nice. I’m thinking about how much work and effort goes into making a place inviting. It must take a lot of time, and other things. Well, that’s … Continue reading

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Leaving Croydon Park

Another place left behind. Moving always takes time, and this one took a lot of time, and much of that was compressed into a short period. There was no final walk through Croydon Park. There was no exploration of what … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 219: I can Appreciate

A chill music day? No, not at all. Too much being extreme to extremely be. Weather’s clearing though, and that’s nice. What am I going to write about this morning? I feel things are getting okay. Things are improving. I … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1507: And so on and so on as the day goes

And so on and so on as the day goes, and it flows on outward and the sun shines and the trees sway and a plane flies on above, and it is not brutally overcast, but it has been raining … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1506: Sitting in Duoly Rob

Once more Badde Manors is not open. I’m sitting in Duoly Rob, listening to easy music, pretending I’m cool. The sky is sunny and the temperature is cold. This is not ideal, but for someone it is. One person (probably … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 218: In a Slump

Right now I just want to write. I want to create those worlds spun from words and I want to paint images I cannot capture in any other way I know, or at least not as well in any other … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1505: In a Somewhat Quiet Space

Sitting here in a building, listening to the new These New Puritans album. Sitting here in a somewhat quiet space, but it’s filling with noise. It’s filling with sound, and so are my ears at the same time. It has … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1504: Sitting in a Café

Doing the whole sitting in a café, idyllically, thing again. It’s not a bad way to be. Was hoping to be at work sooner, but you can’t win ’em all. Was hoping to have coffee at home too, but the … Continue reading

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