48/2023
I feign confidence to charm Whomever my voice and eyes Might reach, play the man Comfortable in his skin and work, While my brain mocks the lack Of progress, the… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Reading
Day 36
Three of the six books I’ve read so far this year have been non-fiction, which is probably more non-fiction than I read all last year. And of course I’m ploughing… Continue Reading
Day 33
When I thought the storm had ended yesterday, when I hoped it had ended, it started up again, and the wind threw itself itself at the house, the office, and… Continue Reading
Day 27
A change in routine today. For the past week I’ve felt like I’ve made no progress at all with work, so what I’ve done this morning is to put in… Continue Reading
Day 25
Fermat, alas, didn’t feature in any University Challenge answers last night, even though I even threw him at a Physics question. But I did get Holst right as the answer to… Continue Reading
Somewhere Inside
I used to tell my children The darkness is your friend To help them sleep at night Even though I always slept With the curtains open Before I met their… Continue Reading
Of Gender and of Soul
I’ve just finished reading I Love Dick by Chris Kraus, and it’s raised some interesting questions for me, or realisations, which I just need to write about. And if I,… Continue Reading
Why Stradbroke Library is the perfect home for Stradbroke Post Office
It’s more years ago than I care to remember, that we managed to get over 200 people to protest outside Stradbroke Library against the threat of its closure. And it’s… Continue Reading
Tearing At Thoughts by Andy Harrod – a rare book review on World Book Day
Today is World Book Day, and I have challenged the twittersphere to celebrate by either buying a book, borrowing one from a library, or writing a review of a book…. Continue Reading
Lust and learning – a reflection on Stoner by John Williams
I am not often moved to write about a book I have read, not in this environment in any case. However, I have just finished in two days what I… Continue Reading