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Emma Cragg

Ceaselessly curious and prone to falling down rabbit holes.

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    Considering this as a new response when people ask how old I am: “As old as Ghostbusters.”

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    Espresso martinis on a Thursday night. Just because.

    Two espresso martinis on a table in front of a sofa.
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    Finished reading: GREY BEES. by ANDREY. KURKOV 📚

    How much I enjoyed this book and how much I cared for the bees really crept up on me. I’m going to miss starting my days with Sergey and his bees.

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    Currently reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚

    In anticipation of having more demands on my time when I start a new role at the end of the month, I’m finally sitting down to read this.

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    Breakfasts just got more interesting 🍳

    Egg box with sticky note attached reading “Free to a good home. Fresh duck eggs.”Open egg box holding six large duck eggs covered in dirt.

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    Lunch in the park

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    Just me: fragments.ekcragg.co.uk/just-m

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    The Byker Wall looking resplendent in the early evening sun

    Tower block with white cladding and red balconies set against a bright blue sky
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    Time plays a role when there’s someone to keep track of it, to depend on it. And if no-one like that remains then time, too, stops and disappears.

    — Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

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    I’ve been trying to learn how to identify birds by their songs, it wasn’t going well until I discovered Merlin. It allows you to record what you’re hearing and picks out the individual birds. The one highlighted in yellow is the active/loudest bird singing.

    Screenshot of Merlin app during a recording. Sound wave at top followed by a list of all the active birds including name and thumbnail picture. The birds listed are: Eurasian Blackbird, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, European Greenfinch.
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    Learnt some knots while listening to the first half of the football

    Square leash knot joining two perpendicular garden poles.Shear lashing knot joining to parallel garden poles.

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    Last day of the Premier League season. Last day of FPL. Actually looking forward to a break from it all and switching my attention to cricket for the summer ⚽️🏏

    Football shirts laid out in formation of a football team in 3-4-3 formation. This is the lineup of my Fantasy Premier League team today. Starting XI: De Gea, Trippier, Gabriel, Alexander-Arnold, Fernandes, Mahrez, Gakpo, Eze, Kane (captain), Wilson, Watkins. Substitutes: Iversen, Mitoma, Andersen, Dunk.
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    Work in progress

    External breeze block wall with flaking paint and bare patches in the centre. Painting in progress from left to right with clear line marking done and not done. Open paint can in view on a low brick wall.
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    My lunchtime treat after running a workshop all morning is another episode of Voyager

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    I used to import my letterboxd reviews to micro.blog. I switched it off recently but want to revert back now. My question… will it duplicate old posts when I do that?

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    My media diet: fragments.ekcragg.co.uk/my-med

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    Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…

    Looking out to sea over sand and rock pools. Dark blue sea blends into a bright blue sky on a sunny day.White lighthouse tower with weather vane on it’s roof against a bright blue sky.

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    Favourite tree looking glorious in the morning sun

    Camera looking upwards into canopy of multicoloured leaves overhead. Blue sky just visible through the gaps
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    Birdwatch: Saw my first swift of the year in the park this morning. Yet to see the house martins return to the terrace though

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    Finished reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚

    Should have trusted my judgment and skipped this one. Me and Ishiguro don’t get on. The start was promising but after half way I was just waiting for it to be over.

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