Tag: silent-wood
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15 – 19 April 2024
Tuesday “Surely they can’t get on, bro?” It’s a fair point, but the driver doesn’t reply to the man in the corner, pressed against the door. Instead he keeps that door closed and opens the ones in the middle. Somehow, two more people squeeze on. I walked halfway to the station but chose to get…
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28 August – 1 September
Monday (Bank holiday) We’re in Frome where they’ve sped up time – the sunrise here is 6:15am. Later we’ll lose what we’ve gained as we sit in traffic on the motorway. Band practise in the evening and I talk to one of my favourite players. He has an identical twin who lives in Frome. As…
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10 – 14 July
Monday Litter pick. Bump into T and his mate. It’s the school holidays, so T’s back walking again which has rendered his friend mute – again. I’m out early, because the kids visiting our neighbours were screaming in the garden not long after 6am. T gives a hollow laugh. “You wanna live in the Bronx,…
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Week 49: 12 – 17 December
Monday Wake up to yesterday’s snow. Leave before the sun is up, but it doesn’t matter because the snow makes the most of what little light there is. The woods are black and white. I snap a photo and when I share it later, wonder if people think I’ve used a filter to make it…
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Week 20: 23 – 28 May
Monday Wake up in bed, overlooking a forest on a steep slope. There are only trees (no plants on the forest floor) and even though it looks like autumn I know it’s not. The trees are dying. As I watch, one group of people tries to cut them down while another group, dressed in white,…
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Week 18: 9 – 14 May
Monday Last night we passed the park on the way home. It was full of crap, so I get up, get dressed and go and fix it. I see T in the distance and he shouts over “What’s this? Morning after the night before?!” Sadly, I think it’s the morning after a weekend of sport.…
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