Tag: mud
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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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8 – 13 January 2024
Monday Sunrise 8:04am. It’s so dark on the way to the wood. Do I really do this? At this hour? I took last week off to use up holiday, so this is new year’s rude-awakening a week late. But the birds are singing. I walk around the edge of the wood and through the tree…
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5 – 11 February 2023
Sunday It’s a beautiful day, a good day for a walk – but part of me is too lazy to go out. I message with S, he’s just got back from an osmitsa in Italy. He says ‘Go for a walk! Send me proof you’ve been’. On the way to the wood I see the…
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Week 53: 9 – 14 January 2023
I thought this would be my final weeknote, but it’s not. I’ve published this here anyway. I also thought this was week 52, but it’s not. See the previous notes about getting the numbers wrong. Wednesday: The walk to the wood feels like a pilgrimage. There’s a bright moon at my shoulder and the birds are…
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Week 44: 7 – 12 November
Monday The sunrise is 7:03am and there’s a 70% chance of rain. I take it and beat the odds. On the way to the wood I pass front gardens, bright green and oversaturated from all the rain. Watch a cherry-lipped salvia shiver as a lone bee hops from flower to flower. Tuesday More rain. Accidentally…
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Week 8: 28 February – 5 March
This is weeknote 8. Russia continues to invade Ukraine. From what I’ve read, it’s better to donate money to established organisations that have existing networks and systems to help, than it is to donate items to organisations that will need to build them. Monday I walked to the wood and took the path through the…
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Week 6: 14 – 19 February
Monday It always seems wrong to block out the sunshine, but this morning it was blinding. So I picked up the car from the garage and did a weird dance as I drove home. Visor down, visor up, visor down, visor up. It’s early evening now and it’s pouring. I reviewed some presentations at work.…