I’m just about to go to bed. I can’t keep my eyes open. Soph came home dog tired, we went in to the studio and
Month: April 2010
Feeling it?
We’re sitting on the couch listening to/watching a band from Soph’s youth on YouTube. Soph’s youth, obviously, wasn’t so long ago – her being a
WordPress comment problem, anybody?
Earlier today I got a tweet from a reader of this blog to say she had been trying to submit a comment here, but the
All change…
Just a few short weeks ago (what a stupid phrase that is. How can weeks be short?) I was constantly looking upwards, begging the rain
Sometimes my head just freaks me out
In last night’s/this morning’s dream, I invented, built and test-drove… A Fishing Car. Yes, I know. Because fishing is such a big part of my
Hot, horsey and lazy
Saturday: On Saturday I drove Tom to Aston-le-Walls which is in Northants (but only just, it’s a few miles from Banbury), to take part in
Gurgle, glug, squelch, gurgle, squelchhhhhh
the sounds you can hear seem to be emanating from my tummy. i blame the pizza and jacket potato skins that i’ve just sent to
Sinning with syntax
I love the Daily Mail, here’s two examples from today’s online offering to help explain why I love it so much… Headline: ‘Prisoner brain-damaged after
A little Tom update
We had a mini-meeting after the cross-country schooling on Monday, brought on by the discovery that Tom had bitten his tongue at some stage while
Wide awake at 2am is not helpful, but…
Last night’s vegetarian food-fest (prepared, cooked, eaten – half of it anyway – and washed-up afterwards by me, lest there be any misunderstandings) was a
You are what you read?
This posts comes courtesy of a couple of gentle digs about a newspaper I tweeted I was reading… I think it is important to begin
Man, I am so tired and I almost wrecked the lorry yesterday…
A mere two-and-a-half hours sleep last night, on top of the general stress, activity and rushing around of the weekend, all compound together to make
Nerves, nerves, nerves
pre-competition nerves starting to hit right now We plan on leaving the yard at 11.30 tomorrow morning. Our times are: Dressage = 15.16 Show-jumping =
In the studio/out and about
This Reality Podcast show #110 – which includes a live phone call with singer/songwriter Jessie Grace, a pre-recorded interview with singer/songwriter Ben Walker, four tracks
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So we’ve been doing really random things today and laughing a lot and giggling like kids and singing and Sophie’s cleaned the house and is
When is spam not spam?
Parental advisory: very strong adult language is contained in this post; very strong. You have been warned. Really. I’m not joking. This is bad. I
Roofing sharks
I walked down this road in Oxford today and thought I’d take a photograph of the shark, just in case you haven’t seen it before:
A bank holiday weekend stretches before us
It’s 8.30pm on (Good) Friday evening and the chocolate remains untouched. I know! Are we mad or just bonkers? But pizza has been eaten so