Tag: heat
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5 – 9 July 2026
“Yeah he was big on conspiracy theories. Like, instead of just teaching us carpentry he made us watch these videos about how NASA used a green screen an’ all that. So, do you believe in climate change then?” “What? You… Wait, he said what?” Telling your teenaged students that NASA faked the moon landings and…
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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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11-15 August 2025
Monday Sunrise: 5:40am Saw T in a field full of clover and birds foot trefoil. I wasn’t sure it was him for a minute but he shouted and waved so I tracked back to meet him. We talked for so long that I ditched my plans and walked back with him the way I came.…
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24 – 27 June 2024
Monday Last week the sun rose at 4:43am every day. Today it’s 4:44am and tomorrow 4:45am. Next up, the nights are drawing in, but never mind that now. It’s 17 degrees at 7:15am and I’m walking up to the Iron Age earthworks. There’s a runner ahead with a dog at her heels. She stops suddenly…
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4 – 8 September 2023
Monday Tonight’s moon is a waxing gibbous. 75.06% visible and is decrescent. Two days left to the 3rd Quarter. All that to say that on the drive home tonight, it looked like a partially built Death Star. This morning the sun rose behind the mist. When it was visible it was just a flat white…
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Week 32: 15 – 20 August 2022
Monday Sunrise 5.45am Drive to the top of the road and signal right. There’s T in his van about to pick up the weekend’s trash from the park. He’s easy to spot, but does he know it’s me? I don’t even think he knows I can drive. He pauses, when we’re level I turn my…
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Week 31: 3 – 13 August 2022
Radio edit. A new route to a new office. There’s a 3 minute change between the train and the bus, which brings a touch of jeopardy to the journey: will I make it, will the bus be on time? It’s already sailed past me once and forced me to run across 3 sets of traffic…
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Week 30: 1 – 6 August 2022
There was a fire in the park yesterday. Videos were shared on the street WhatsApp: the upwards creep of the fire into the bushes, the sound of the breeze fanning the flames and the crackle of the dry grass as it went up in smoke. The Fire Brigade were called. This is the second local…
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Week 23: 13 – 19 June 2022
Monday According to the weather app it was 11 degrees when the sun rose at 4.43am. By the time I go for a walk it’s hot enough to wear just a t-shirt and jeans. Later, a gig at the Forum in Kentish Town. When the band comes on, everyone knows it’s going to kick off,…
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