Tag: moon
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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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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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31 March, 8 – 10 April
Tuesday 31 March Sunrise: 6:38am “I think I love angels now. Maybe I believe in them, because of something I’ll tell you later.” This is from Devin Kelly’s newsletter about poetry. Something about it reads like dialogue from a novel. Feels like a book in waiting. As the train pulls into Southall, a woman leans…
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2 – 6 March 2026
Monday Sunrise: 6:43am Bright green velvety moss is slowly rising in the wood. It’s climbing tree trunks and coating boulders, encouraged by the endless rain . Although today I came this way – to the top of the hill – for the sun as it rises over the fields. Overhead a small plane glints as…
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3 – 9 January 2026
Saturday Sunrise, 8:04am God, it’s the best day for walking! On the way back to the wood the setting sun hits the trees, colouring trunks and bare branches bronze. On the ground a mist is gathering. The sun sets in nine minutes and I have all the time in the world. As I head back…
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8 – 12 December 2025
Tuesday Sunrise: 7:52am The weather is furious, hurling rain at windows and roaring into the sky. The whole house shakes with it, dreams are shaped by it, windows rattle and I can’t wait for it to end. On the station platform I join the rest of the commuters huddled into coats and puffer jackets. We…
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10 – 14 November 2025
Monday Sunrise: 7:09am Massive moon. Not full, but big and low. It rained for most of the day – except for five minutes during a call in which someone delivered bad news, and then the sun came out. I keep thinking about something I read last week. How can people write fiction when real life…
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6 – 10 October 2025
Radio edit. Busy work week. Monday Sunrise: 7:09am I outsourced caring to see how it would feel. Answer: as hollow as expected. I assume someone important at JustGiving has said they need to demonstrate how they’re using AI, that default indicator of progress. Their solution is to give people options when it comes to writing…
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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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