I’ve set the alarm. Whether my brain will actually process what the noise means at that time is another matter. There’s every possibility I hit cancel and fall back asleep before lights out
It’s the absolute epitome of the classic British line, “it could always be worse”
I had such a visceral reaction to Alex Pretti’s murder. I was distraught and restless and giving the good Lord my unfiltered thoughts.
And it was candlelight that just helped me. I don’t think I would have managed to lay down that emotion and sleep without it.
It has always brought a peace to me
I think (hope!) that even then it was unusual. I think it was a special thing because she’s blind but pleased it wouldn’t be a thing anymore
Somewhere there’s a photo of my mum from about the same year petting a lion cub at London Zoo - times have definitely changed.
It’s lovely to see everyone united about something in this age of division
I would add that having adhd procrastinated about it for a couple of months, it was predictably straightforward.
The surgery didn’t treat me as a hypochondriac, affirmed that they never minded a patient checking & simply offered me an appointment when they couldn’t find the answer in my records.
Hopefully it will cheer you a little to know your public service posting has done some good - got jabbed today for MMR because we’re uncertain if I had the whole schedule plus tetanus because I’m very overdue.
Hope you’re fully restored very soon and you’re blessed with a gap before the next bug
A black cat stretching its neck forward for chin scritches which are obligingly being provided by the human servant it’s lying on.
Sometimes I wonder this about my own camera roll and then I realise I can’t possibly have enough!
Once again, learning things from the Public (Health) Education Service that is Madeline
Once again, Madeline sending me down a hyperfixation rabbit hole about the weird features of my body.
I started with tissue paper scarring about an hour ago and ended on EDS, teeth and local anaesthesia 🎢 🎠 🐿️
Second this. It’s outstanding.
Also the audiobook version read by Rob Inglis.
The registrar at the queer wedding I went to last year had the most amazing corduroy William Morris print suit.
I was jealous - both of the suit and and the ability to pull it off.
I love weddings that have space for people to come as they are in all their glorious, joyful gaiety
But why are all the external images AI rendered?
Jigsaws are at least partly responsible for my sanity in lockdown. Especially late at night when my brain wouldn’t stop catastrophising, a jigsaw gave me what I needed to be able to sleep.
As someone who is wheat intolerant and sometime tempted into ‘bad’ choices by eating the gorgeous, super yummy pastries, you are playing an important role in public service to the gluten & wheat vulnerable.
People like me need people like you to protect us and neutralise the threat.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Was there alcohol involved?
From what I know of you from across the interweb, you can totally pull these off (I definitely could not)
For one glorious year, I opened my curtains in the morning to gaze upon this magnificent building. At a certain time of year, the sunset would hit the building just right and light the whole thing up.
You are in esteemed company - it reminded me of the injury that took down the tennis GOAT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...
Thank you Keith for your incomparable updates
Flower of Scotland at Murrayfield - I love it (just don’t tell my nana who was fiercely anti-Scot)
We were out for a romantic meal on what happened to be Burns Night, although at the opposite end of Britain. Every time someone was served a haggis, we had it piped in within a tiny dining room. I like bagpipes… but not indoors.
Oh you shouldn’t have 🎁💝
Sadly, looking at random houses for sale is not one of my husband’s love languages
A black cat curled up tight, asleep on a cushion
I love the impromptu community that forms around the Barkley Marathons. Thanks to @keithdunn.bsky.social especially for having us all on the refresh button. Although one of the cats has fallen asleep waiting for them to come through Loop 1
#BM100 #kittykontent
To be fair to the owner that did the extension - possibly their only ‘choice’ was appointing dodgy/cheap contractors. There was also lead flashing thinner than a sheet of filo pastry - a different but still undesired water feature
Whilst we’re nowhere near the levels of Chaos House, we are slowly discovering some ‘choices’ by previous owners. One was a similar leak in the kitchen. They put unlagged copper pipes under concrete. The cheapest solution was a total reroute. Fortunately our stopcock did isolate it.
I thought there was a connection with wearing hearing aids but only because my mum used to say that (she wears hearing aids and would always get ear infections after colds)
Getting a broken bone documented is also helpful for building a picture if it starts happening unusually regularly and more easily than it should. It helps get earlier intervention for more serious conditions.
We have similar. We are the sixth and final house in the terrace and our mains water pipe comes from the first.
They can never force install a water meter but also one day that Victorian plumbing is going to fail in a catastrophically expensive way
It makes my eyes hurt!
I was both delighted and depressed that when I stepped outside this morning, my eyes wanted to squint because it’s the brightest it’s been for a while - reader, the sun wasn’t even out! It was merely ‘bright cloudy’.
