Reading time: < 1 min “How can I tell my kids not to give up on what they do if I stop because it’s hard? Of course it’s hard. It’s the Tour de France! I’ve never been worried about people seeing me suffer – even if most guys I raced with didn’t want to be seen suffering on a bad […]
Reading time: 5 mins It was my Mum’s funeral this afternoon. A huge turnout at the crematorium, and so many thoughtful messages made it oddly easier to get through the day than I thought it would. My Mum touched many lives with her thoughtful spirit and generous approach to life. I even managed to say a few words about […]
Reading time: 3 mins When my Dad died, as it was the tail end of COVID restrictions, arranging his funeral was both much easier and much harder than I thought it would be. Easier because we were limited to 18 people at the service and no ‘gathering’ afterwards. Harder because I had to sit 6 feet away from my […]
Reading time: 3 mins For those unaware, sherlocking is real! It’s almost a year since I last took stock of what I use daily on my Mac but having recently gotten a new MacBook Air (for work) I realised that in that time some of my choices had changed and, even more exciting, I’ve discovered some new/better ones along […]
Reading time: < 1 min I am baffled. While the votes are still being counted, and most of the swing states are only being split by less than 100,000 votes, it looks like the USA has voted for a narcissistic sociopath. Again. America seems to be very very broken, with a massive and growing divide between those in cities and […]
Reading time: 2 mins To paraphrase my favourite ever TV show, she wasn’t my first, but she is my last, and she is the right one. I’ve written about Becca many many times, all in my journal; from the early days when we first met and it struck me what a beautiful person she is, through the beginnings of […]