Tag: writing
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10 – 14 August 2026
Tuesday This morning the park is damp with dew. It’s light relief from the dry crunch the grass has been making recently. A regular I’ve chatted to over the years throws a ball for his rescue dog and the dog races to catch it. Every time I see this man his pace has slowed further.…
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27 – 31 July 2026
Monday Walk towards two women sitting on a bench in the wood. Chatting quietly they’re looking up, contemplating the sky. This area was cut back a while ago to make a clearer route for bats. In the winter everything is ground level, although right now, ferns and rosebay willow herb (fireweed) are more than shoulder…
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13 – 24 July 2026
Monday 13 July It feels like there was a party in the wood and now it’s suffering the consequences. The birds are silent. Catkins drape across every path, branch and twig like spent party streamers. Fallen trunks look twice as bare, exhausted and drying out slowly. Tuesday 14 July Sunrise: 4:59am There are blackberries ripening…
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29 June – 3 July 2026
Monday “Do you do this every week?” There’s trash in the open grass and trash by the bench. But there’s also a man on the bench admiring the view. As I didn’t want to disturb him, I was heading for the trash in the open first. I say sort of, and walk over. He tells…
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22 – 26 June 2026
Monday “Who is the man with the black umbrella?” “There are thirty guns in the box.” I’ve started using Duolingo again. I could potentially weave black-umbrella man into the Duolingo story, but I’m less sure about thirty guns in a box. That said, these sentences do seem to fit together. I just completed a lesson to…
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8 – 16 May 2026
Catching up. Spring is a good time to go to Greece because all the wildflowers are out. The glossy blood-red poppies, chamomile daisies, lantana and rock roses, small purple scabious, tall wild mallow. They’re all over the archaeological sites and knee deep under the silver-green olive trees. The ice saints are in the news at…
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27 April – 1 May 2026
Monday Sunrise: 5:40am Pay last weekend’s sunshine tax with a litter pick. A row of stationary cars builds steadily beside me as they wait for temporary traffic lights to change. I feel self conscious. Am I weird? This is weird. I hold up cans and let them drain before crushing them underfoot. Pick them up…
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20 – 24 April 2026
Monday Sunrise: 5:54am “Morning!” Podcast man is smiling. He and his dog are early, much further down the street than usual. The sun is up and the air is already lilac scented. In the wood the bluebells are a blue haze and around the edges the stitchwort is out. Dandelion clocks are ticking – some…
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13 – 17 April 2026
Monday Sunrise: 6:09am 5°C and sunny. Shadows form blue pools in the park and the frost glints in the sun.What is the weather doing? Answer: whatever it wants.I try a walk through a different neighbourhood and all the trees here are pink. School kids meet at garden gates and cars swing out of driveways. Tuesday …
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