Archive: 2021-08

  • Week 34: View from a (fake) hill

    I had a day off on Friday and, as the weather forecast was clement enough, I booked a ticket for the infamous Marble Arch Mound while entrance is still free and cycled into town.

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  • Week 33: Back to work

    I started a new part-time contract on Monday. It’s going well so far, and it’s reassuring to have some money coming in for the first time in a while. It’s all remote, although this time it’s not because of the rona, but because the client is in the US. The work I’m doing is mostly on my own, so the time difference doesn’t seem to be a problem.

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  • Week 32: Green vitriol

    This post is a day late because I decided to have an early night last night. I regret nothing.

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  • Week 31: Harvest

    I have picked a lot of blackberries.

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  • Week 30: Spontaneous hardware failure

    I finished fitting all the skirting board in the living room. All that remains is some painting. It’s a relief to have done it, but the biggest improvement comes from not having 3m lengths of the stuff sitting on the floor any more.

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