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Doing the weekly meal planning. Send me some inspiration please 🥙🥗🍝
My wife is going away for a week so just been to see her off at the station during my lunch break. She was running late so I asked if she needed anything for the journey (thinking coffee/sandwich etc). The reply: a new pair of reading glasses 😂 Is this what it means to be middle age?
Finished reading: How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie 📚
I finally went back and finished this. It was ok, an interesting idea just a bit one note in delivery and faded away towards the end.
Abandoned reading: Stoner by John Williams 📚
Not for me. Perhaps I expected too much, but this sadly sits alongside The Rainbow as one of the most boring books I’ve tried to read.
Finished reading: Cuddy by Benjamin Myers 📚
I enjoyed this overall. The local angle definitely helped. Was a little challenging initially getting used to the different styles, but after time I found the narrative flowed.
The latest rain delay in New York allowed me to get the washing in before it started bucketing down here. I probably would have left it otherwise 🏏😅
I’ve entered a print exchange happening later in the year. It’ll be the first time I send my prints out into the world, other than to family and friends. Ideas have been bubbling for a while and today I did a rough sketch for the design.
Spent a week in the Netherlands and now a good portion of the ads that top and tail my podcasts are in Dutch 😝
Finished reading: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 📚
I’d been avoiding reading this. Why? I stubbornly dig my heels in when people tell me I should do something. But, I finally picked it up to take on holiday and it was just what I needed. It took me entirely by surprise. And I loved it!
Finished reading: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay 📚
Back from holiday and determined to do more with the photos I’ve taken (other than posting them here and then letting them languish in my photo library). Any recommendations for printing photo books in the UK? 📸
I’m visiting the Netherlands soon and would welcome recommendations for places to eat/drink and visit (beyond the obvious tourist stuff) in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Delft and Utrecht 🇳🇱
Finished reading: Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 📚
I have no idea what possessed me to read this. While the mystery element interested me at first, the lazy stereotyping and abrupt ending made the whole experience supremely disappointing.
Grey and damp here today so I keep returning to this lovely pic from the garden yesterday
Had a tiring week so I was going to spend the day on the sofa in my pjs. Then my buddy invited me over to mow the grass at their new place. Turns out pushing a lawn mower is my happy place ☺️
Finished reading: The Devotion Of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino 📚
A good spin on the classic detective story. Recommended in book group at work. I’ll definitely look out for more in this series.
Got lucky with our tickets for the snooker. Appears (if I’ve interpreted the order of play correctly) that we’ll be watching local boy Gary Wilson vs former World Champion Stuart Bingham 🤩
Just spent an hour thinking about and then practicing how I write my name. How’s your day going?
Crocs. With heels. I have now seen it all 😲
Finished reading: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch 📚
Brutal. The atmosphere the author creates had me on edge throughout. I think it benefitted from reading over a short period in a few big chunks.
There was a point where I had to put it down for a while and give myself space to sit with what had happened. I doubt that will be a feeling I forget any time soon.
Totally get why this won the Booker.