Everyone else gets asked what they want. I always take what I’m given. It’s a ritual we’ve followed since day one. I came in full of that coffeeshop rush, enticed by the familiar but exotic aroma, joined the queue and waited my turn. I’d decided on a black Americano, my go-to in a new place. …
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I wrote you a note
At the start of the year, I intended to be here more often, to try and post at least a couple of times a week. All went well for most of January, but then health got in the way of things. A sore throat became an all-over ache, soon progressing to breathlessness and feeling pretty …
I took a trip on a train.
The sun is shining, the grass is growing and slowly but surely it feels as if I’m coming out of hibernation. This tentative route out of lockdown might just be leading somewhere. I know you only have to watch the TV news to quickly realise the UK is currently bucking the international coronavirus trends. So …
Alfresco tables
We seem to be on a mad roller coaster of weather at the moment. No two days the same, as it switches from balmy early summer-like sunshine to snow showers with a distinctly January feel to them. Today is a prime example, I have curtains slightly pulled to keep the sun off the screen as …
Things are starting to look a bit brighter.
As the night pull out and the grass starts to look as if I can’t put off the first cut of the year for much longer, living at home all day, every day seems to be getting ever more wearisome. I do try and motivate myself, to be active and creative, but to be honest …
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Cafe conversations
I wrote this short piece for a cafe themed writing challenge that Alison Trollop put on her Patreon site. ”How did you come across him?” Cafe conversations, going on around me. “How old was he?” Like a badly tuned radio. “I hope you like cinnamon.” Fragments fluttering by. “I stood on a box.” Cup half …
These are a few of my favourite things.
Is there a food that makes you happy, even just thinking about it? This was the question my friend Alison asked her followers on Twitter the other night. My initial thought was ‘I’ve got so many’. So many that prompt a smile and a stirring of the taste buds. I could choose: A plate of …
Back through the looking glass
So here we go again, UK lockdown 2, the sequel no one wanted to see. It’s been pretty obvious for a few weeks it was coming, but it still doesn’t make the thought of shutting the doors and hibernating for the next four weeks anymore appealing. If that wasn’t enough, there’s a certain election to …
I went back into a coffeeshop.
I went back into a coffeeshop last week for the first time in about four months. That’s back in as to actually order a coffee, sit down, sip, savour and finally leave feeling that perhaps the world isn’t quite such a bad place after all. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t my first time back across a …
Saturday afternoon in the garden.
Saturday afternoon and I’m sat in the garden having a first attempt at alfresco writing. Things have been a bit thin on the blog front recently so I thought I’d have a bit of a catchup. I didn’t get around to any writing for a few days after my last post, then I had to …
David in the kitchen. 