Thursday, July 01, 2021

Good news, comedy and reading for pleasure.

1. The chair of our editing group asks us to share some good news. One woman says she has just that moment received an email to say she's got a job she applied for. My screen lights up with enthusiastic faces.

2. The way Alec likes to listen to a Radio 4 comedy podcast while he has a bath.

3. To finally make a proper start on The Dresden Files, which I've been longing to read for years. 
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Having a go, firmament and what might happen.

1. We go to a secondary school open evening, and Bettany dissects a kidney, implodes a drink can, builds a circuit, does some match-stick pu...

  • Across town, discovery and albums.
    1. I catch that baby's eye, right across town, watching me through his mum's screen. 2. Alec discovers Max Raabe and the...
  • Sown, coffee and Moana.
    1. Wildflowers -- they don't look local, so I think they were deliberately planted -- are blooming on the bank left behind by the constr...
  • Fog, no chore and help.
    1. The fog has closed our world off to one street. 2. Finding that the dishwasher didn't go off last night, so there is no need to empty...