Tag: novel
-
8 – 12 April 2024
Monday Some days I feel like I could walk through the wood forever. It would help if it was bigger of course, but still. Woods then, if not this wood. Today the birds are singing, there’s petals scattered across the paths from flowers blooming so high you need to crane your neck to see…
-
2 – 4 April 2024
Tuesday Heavy rain starts at 4:11am. At 7:24am I look at the wrong clock and it says 6:24am. Despite the fact it’s both meteorological spring and astronomical spring, it’s also British Summer Time. I’d been planning to walk soon, although not today. But there’s a break in the rain and only three people at the…
-
1 – 5 January 2024
On Monday we came home from the wooden house we’d been staying in with friends. As we were packing, the sun came out and turned the lake outside to a mirror. It had rained for almost the entire length of our stay, but in those final 30 minutes, everything looked glorious. The day before, I’d…
-
18 – 22 December
The Wikipedia page on tradition would be a good start to a novel. “Traditions are often presumed to be ancient, unalterable, and deeply important, though they may sometimes be much less “natural” than is presumed. It is presumed that at least two transmissions over three generations are required for a practice, belief or object to…
-
23 – 27 October
Monday I bought a new clarinet case* online and it arrived today. I knew it was going to be small – but it’s tiny! It’s so tiny I can’t understand why all other cases are so big. This is like carrying a flute around. This week has peaked too soon. *A Protec Micro-Sized ABS Protection…