Didn’t get any photos today so here’s a tree I photographed in December 2006, 20 years ago.
Status:
Said goodbye to a good friend who is leaving Stirchley. She isn’t moving too far and may return, but it’s still a sad day when a member of your little community departs.
I realised I never used to feel like this because I never stayed in one place for more than a 2-3 years. But since I shacked up with Fi fifteen years ago I’ve grown to appreciate what it means to have a geographically based community. It’s nice.
Overnight listening:
- In Our Time: Shakespeare’s Sonnets - nearly skipped this as I don’t get poetry at all, but it was a fascinating listen.
- Night Tracks
Music:
- Fractures and Infinite You by Kayla Painter
Reading:
- Why British Jews are experiencing their biggest change in 60 years
- Flamboyant, furious and full of hope: CMAT is the sound of 2025
- Life on the road: staying organised
- Worldbuilding Agency week 51: tearing away the caul
- The post is the product - a brief history of rage-bait - skimmed for now but will revisit as I’m interested in different takes on “transgressive media” and what that might look like today.
Watching:
- CMAT covers Wuthering Heights - wow and blimey.
- Laura Kampf demolishes a caravan