Tag: cosmos
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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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8 – 12 September 2025
Monday & Tuesday Sunrise 6:24am & 6:25am JW sends photos of clouds above the house. Light from the rising sun strikes the bottom of each one and leeches into the dark shadows above. The houses beneath are in silhouette, the sky gets bluer the higher up you go. ‘Amazing!’ she says, and I say perfect…
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26 – 30 August 2024
Tuesday “When we were in Thailand we saw… that thing that spins?”“A tornado? Did you?” The women behind me discuss tornadoes and tiny earthquakes and times when they thought they were going to die but didn’t. It’s a sunny morning and the low sun makes it feel like autumn is coming. “You can’t dream about…
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24 – 28 April 2023
Monday Woke at 5:38am. Listened to a scrappy dawn chorus, including a bird that sings at the exact same pitch as a digital alarm. Mondays. Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life? Not sure. Stare at the computer? I nip out quickly before work. Walk across the park…
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Week 41: 17 – 22 October 2022
Monday Rain check. Tuesday Proper dark when the alarm goes off. A low mist jokes around in the park. It’s somehow gathered in a corner at one end, like a pyramid. I check it from two angles as I walk past, but it’s definitely triangular, not just a trick of the light. Read Derek Jarman’s…
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Week 22: 6 – 11 June 2022
Monday I’m litter picking in the park and the water seeps through and soaks my toes. There’s a cluster of vans from UK Power Networks parked down the road. Big hello to the local DNO. Tuesday Couldn’t resist. Picked the ripest blackcurrant. It’s much too sharp and it tastes of the weather. I love it.…
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