Observed scene
There are three gentlemen, suited. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
January 8, 2014
Riding the bus through Slade Green at dawn
Over the past few months I’ve been getting up rather early on a Saturday morning and taking the bus to my local supermarket. The bus takes a rather circuitous journey, but as it is door-to-door I don’t mind too much. Said route takes me through Slade Green. Slade Green has a rather shabby reputation. Nobody really aspires to live there. The town’s location, on the edge of the Thames, surrounded my marshland, makes it feel pretty isolated. There is no passing traffic, apart from buses with idiosyncratic routes.
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January 3, 2014
A few notes on last year, this year
This week feels like a limbo week. I’m used to feeling that way in the days between Christmas and New Year, but those feelings have persisted. I’m sure it is just a trick of the calendar. As there have been just two working days between the New Year bank holiday and the weekend it seems like the vast majority of people have stayed off of work. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 