Category Archives: Life

A Trip North

It started with waking up early morning, getting ready and heading off. The drive up north was uneventful, though it was interesting, and at least pleasant enough. Left whilst still dark, arrived at the destination in the afternoon. Normally it … Continue reading

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Two Thousand Words in Twenty Minutes: More words than necessary

Alright, second attempt and I’m already slowing down. This is not good, but I can do it. I can try to do it, and do it I will, so I’m doing it. I’m doing it; I’m doing the writing and … Continue reading

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“Layla” in a Café

A good few weeks ago I was in Dirty Red, and the piano exit section of “Layla” was playing and it was quiet, and it made me think of Casino, when Robert De Niro’s character is talking about Las Vegas changing … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1556: Thoughts Coming and Going

I’m in one of those states where many, many thoughts are coming at me in quick succession. Cycling through them, moving away. They are as though vignettes that are refusing to formulate beyond their brief glimpses. They are complete, but … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 233: We Need to do More

Yesterday I wanted to do so much writing and I couldn’t. Or I could, but I didn’t persevere enough. That was, ultimately, the issue that I had, and now I’m here, sitting and rushing as I’m about to head out … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 232: Thoughts, Some Repeated

Alright, so I have about ten minutes and so I’m going to do a little bit of racing. Have been meaning to write a lot more this month than I have and it hasn’t been happening. Lack of sleep and … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1555: The Break is Over

The holiday now comes to an end and so there’s a need to get back to work… and a need for me to get back to working, I suppose. Was the break long enough? Never is. Do I feel refreshed? … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1554: The First One

The first one of these in a new year, and today things kick into high gear. Got a lot of churning and burning to do, and I’m gonna see if I can pull it off. Roughly four months left. gotta … Continue reading

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The end of 2025

What a fucked year. Whilst it hadn’t been going well at the time, I didn’t expect my long-term relationship to come to an end, and I didn’t expect being unable to navigate it properly at the time due to the … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1553: Long Few Days

It has been a long few days and I’ve gotten in a lot. I’ll be writing about it in more detail when I’ve the time. Right now I’m just writing. I don’t want to be writing so personally at the … Continue reading

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