I had a dream that I am at work, and there is this bad electrical machine that my boss asks me to neutralise, while she turns off the electricity. I work quickly to detach all the wires and then my boss turns the electricity back on. the machine is no longer a danger but i [...]
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History of the world in one hundred brilliant fragments
BBC Radio 4′s A History of the World in a 100 objects has come to a close – and through the many episodes I felt enlightened and uplifted, dewy-eyed on a number of occasions, and more consciously part of a wider, older world – what a magnificent piece of programming – it was worth my [...]
French film Night
I watched “Father of my Children” last night, which was superb and very French – lots of chat, and not much action, but afterwards it leaves you thinking about life, and choices and all that kind of stuff. In other words a perfect contemporary French film, a bit like an Agnes Jaoui film, but without the humour! I [...]
(Self) Possessed Kettle
I woke up at 7.40 this morning because my kettle was whistling to me – no really! It took me several whistles to identify the origin and to accept that I wasn’t in fact asleep and having my needed lie-in. I got up to inspect the kettle – it has an electric whistle which is permanently turned off, which [...]
Rabbit crime increases in Devon
A hefty rabbit with previously identified binge eating issues broke free from its cage at the neighbours’ place to eat all of my mother’s onions and shallots – apparently the correct response to this is not to laugh or make jokes about the succulence of the rabbit after it has stuffed itself. Although in the [...]
walking2dartmoor
Mum had new walking poles for her 70th birthday, from my brother. She’s very serious about walking when she uses them!
Counting Sleep
Does everything that has a beginning have an end? What about a circle? There is the absence of a circle; and then there is a circle. Which is the beginning? The end? And what about a black hole? Or an infinite loop? And something else My answer to the question “what keeps you awake at [...]
