As we all know commuting to work adds a certain drudgery to the day’s proceedings; the stuffy, crowded train carriage where you rattle to work with your head lodged into somebody’s armpit.
Category Archives: on my mind
Day 35 of the mumps saga…
September 17, 2011 – 10:38 am
Last week I watched all of my surf videos. Even Blue Crush. It started as an attempt to lift my spirits – to whisk me away to foreign shores where perfect waves meet perfectly placed boards in an inspirational aqueous ballet.
Caught between a rock and a social networking stream
August 27, 2011 – 3:12 pm
I have a blog. If you’re reading this and you weren’t aware of this fact then something is wrong… In fact I have three blogs. And a Twitter stream (again, in reality there are 3). I also have a plethera of facebook pages, mostly lying comatose in the dank and dusty corridors of a virtual [...]
The Butterfly Effect…
February 27, 2011 – 12:17 pm
Papersurfer junior, a few days before his eleventh birthday, was in a reflective mood. He asked myself and Tango (grrr) if we had any thoughts on what happens after death. ‘Did we believe in Heaven?’ or ‘reincarnation?’ or ‘are we just worm food?’
Easy like Sunday morning…
December 11, 2010 – 12:55 pm
The soothing sounds of Lionel Ritchie and the Commodores melt over you like maple syrup over a hot stack of pancakes. Fresh coffee is poured at a respectably late hour, the woodstove wraps the house in a comforting glow and the sofa beckons for a day of lounging and relaxing.
Mushrooms and mimosa…
November 20, 2010 – 4:43 pm
In a cold flurry of golden leaves, autumn appeared from nowhere, bringing brimming dark clouds, sharp winds and the smell of woodsmoke…
Progress report
November 11, 2010 – 6:23 pm
There is the distinct odour of change in the air – the local train station is to be transformed into a ‘Metro stop’, promising
A moment of contemplation…
October 15, 2010 – 2:06 pm
As I lie under the gearbox of my 7.5 tonne truck the rhythmic tick-tocking