Reading time: 2 mins We are having a baby. It’s not the ONLY thing we talk about but it’s a constant, an ever-growing reminder that our lives are about to change in a wonderful, scary, exciting way. There are maternity clothes being bought, nursery furniture to build, baby clothes are being provided (all the neutral stuff we can get […]
Reading time: 4 mins We aren’t the kind of couple who do grandiose events for such things, my recent proposal would’ve been much the same as it was despite COVID restrictions (in fact it would’ve been exactly the same except we’d have been in a different place and likely had the dogs with us). And so it was when […]
Reading time: 3 mins The end of lockdown looms, and life as we knew it will start to re-emerge, like a wonky butterfly from a cocoon. I know that things won’t be exactly the same again, a new normal will be established and that will take a little time to settle in and I’m ok with that, I welcome […]
Reading time: 5 mins As with most of my hobbies, I tend to fling myself into them wholeheartedly from the get go. I’m the guy who signs up to the forums, does copious research on the internet, takes notes as he goes, learns as much as he can as fast as possible, and then goes and buys the gear. […]
Reading time: 4 mins 6 weeks = 42 days = 1,008 hours = 60,480 minutes = 3,628,800 seconds. That’s how long it was from the 18th of January to the 28th of February. I mention this with purpose as I set myself a little challenge which lasted for – can you guess? – 6 weeks, but I confess it […]
Reading time: 2 mins Blocked. Stuck. Static. Nothing. OK, that’s four very similar words, that’s a start. Let’s build on that. There must be something I can write about. Somewhere. Come on brain, let’s do this. There is something in there somewhere. You know how this works. Starting writing. The words will come. Won’t they? I read an article […]