Tag: feb-2024
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26 February – 1 March 2024
Monday ‘Severe weather warning: moderate rain.’ I wonder how both parts of that statement can be true, but you can’t argue with the weather. Despite the warning, every hour from now ‘till sunset is marked with a wind icon in the app. It’s 4 degrees and I want to stay home but I go out…
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12 – 16 February
Monday I watch a man walk towards me with his dog. He’s old, but the dog is not. Every few steps they stop for the dog to sniff at the undergrowth. I smile and say: “That’s gonna be a long walk…” and the man’s face brightens under his cloth cap. “Tell me about it, she’s…
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5 – 9 February 2024
Monday The first miniature iris of the season are out. I love these flowers. Tiny and exotic. Less exotic: the litter pick. Along with everything else, six large canisters of nitrous oxide. You could be forgiven for thinking the change in law has had no effect, but you would be wrong. Now, instead of the…
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29 January – 2 February
Monday There’s a reason I stopped litter picking on Mondays in winter. It’s poor both emotionally and editorially. Tuesday Train strike. On the muddy path near the earthworks someone has carved JESUS CHRIST in large letters. I can’t tell if it’s meant as a blessing or a curse. Wednesday Everything outside has a pink hue,…
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