2024
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Merry Christmas
Wishing you a season filled with warmth, joy, and the magic of togetherness. May your days be merry, your nights peaceful, and the year ahead full of promise and happiness. Here’s to a festive season that shines bright with kindness and goodwill! Thanks ChatGPT! But seriously, I hope you all have a peaceful time, can…
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Saying goodbye to Mum
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…
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The in-between
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…
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Not yet sherlocked
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…
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Fuck Trump
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…
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Becca
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…