It's turtles, all the way down.
I just wrote a somewhat awkward "goodbye" message over at Substack, where I had been experimenting with writing personal blog posts for the last several months (not for the first time). I'm returning to WordPress, but still not quite letting go of Tumblr, because I have too many memories wrapped up in it. Too many… Continue reading Awkward
It's Monday afternoon and you find me on the train - sitting at Plymouth station, in the south west of England. We'll be leaving in a few minutes - heading towards London, and home. Before getting there I have two more trains to connect with - this is the second. Fingers crossed. (a few minutes… Continue reading The Long Journey Home
If you’ve not been reading in recent days, I’m in the south-west of England at the moment - visiting my parents for a long weekend. You may recall I wrote about getting involved in “flight simulation” during the pandemic - pretending to fly all manner of aircraft all over the world within the imaginary world… Continue reading Sunday in Cornwall
It's been a bit of a day. I left the house at half past nine this morning with enough clothes packed for a long weekend and made my way to the railway station. To begin with everything went wonderfully - with quiet trains making their way from station to station without too much fuss -… Continue reading The Journey to the South West
We watched the movie "Living" last night - the one that Bill Nighy was nominated at the Oscars for. Of course I say "we" - within half an hour the audience had reduced to just myself and my other half. Our middle daughter was working, our youngest had "busy plans", and our eldest struggled gamely… Continue reading Life and Death
While sitting at the dinner table this evening our youngest daughter came up with best excuse I've ever heard for why she couldn't help her sisters with something: "I've got busy plans" It's perhaps worth pointing out that she goes to a special school - and that while she may not communicate quite as correctly… Continue reading Busy Plans
Rain has been falling all morning. A steady stream of relentless rain. The kind of rain that slowly washes everything away without anybody noticing. After having a shower and pulling on some clean clothes I wandered into the lounge and met my other half - curled up on the end of the sofa with her… Continue reading Raining on Saturday Morning
Somehow we’re all in bed several hours earlier than usual. Everybody else is sound asleep. I’m sitting in bed, laptop propped on my lap, tapping quietly away at the keys while listening to nice tunes in my ears. I can only see the keys via light cast from the screen. Thankfully I’m pretty good at… Continue reading Wishes, Hopes and Dreams
The clock just ticked past 9am on Sunday morning, and I’m sitting in the “study” (junk room) admiring my own handiwork. There have always been two desks in here - one never used - or rather, just another flat surface upon which anything might be left (you know - like the kitchen worktops, the coffee… Continue reading Blackbird
Jonathan Wrote This 