In my last post I mentioned the pleasure the WiiM Mini streamer had brought me as I ride the chemotherapy train. A small and cheap device that allows me to listen to a world of music and words through my also cheap but excellent bookshelf speakers. So how does it work? The streamer itself connectsContinue reading “Suffusing the catacomb”
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“Change, move, dead clock,”
And so we reach cycle 8. I start to write as I sit in a chair in the Royal Marsden waiting for the ritual to begin again. And now it is three days later. I left the kind and friendly staff of the Royal Marsden on Friday and now this Monday I reflect again. 8Continue reading ““Change, move, dead clock,””
“the iron filings of lines”
It’s been a while since I last posted and I shall explain why soon but in the meantime I was talking to someone about the challenge reading can become when one is ill. Brain fog, exhaustion, pain, anxiety. All these symptoms or side effects of illness or treatment can make reading feel like a burdenContinue reading ““the iron filings of lines””
Stars stole the night away
Book of the month Visuals of the month Food of the month Tech of the month Bear of the month The beariest place on Earth Ringtone of the month Music of the month
Westminster Thinktank Scene – 12″ Dub Mix
This one goes out to all the junior ministers being reshuffled in and wondering just what the hell is going on. Here are a few common tropes you will see come up again and again in Westminster. “WTD – Will This Do?” Most commonly seen as a response to a minister making a commitment whichContinue reading “Westminster Thinktank Scene – 12″ Dub Mix”
Dusk has hidden the bridge in the river
Book of the month Visuals of the month Food of the month Tech of the month Look upon my works ye mighty and despair Bear of the month Music of the month
My toecaps sparkle now
Book of the month How little we understand the worlds in which we live, both the interior world and the one outside us. Visuals of the month I am a lazy sonAnd I never get things done‘Cause we’re made up of water but… https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/jmw-turner-with-lamin-fofana-dark-waters Food of the month It’s chimken time! Tech of the monthContinue reading “My toecaps sparkle now”
…and a decrepit handful of trees
Book of the month Music of the month Bear is quiet Visuals of the month A Bankside stroll Food of the month Fresh pasta at 40 Dean Street Tech of the month Forty one years on… Bear of the month Best job EVAH!!
The king of all lamps
Book of the month “As I moved with stiff legs along the reefs I slipped into the water. It was cold beyond belief – the very quintessence of deathly Arctic ice, so cold that it seemed to sear and bleach the skin.” Music of the month What could be more appropriate for the time ofContinue reading “The king of all lamps”
Trunk Calling
Just set up a Mastodon instance and my own account – @mark@artraige.masto.host. Like all of us I have no idea what I am doing but it is a grey wet Saturday so why not. <a href=”http://Mastodon
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