Finished reading: Sybil & Cyril by Jenny Uglow 📚
As soon as you notice that the Welsh Fire kit makes them look like a team of vicars you can’t unsee it 🏏
Getting quite emotional here watching Broad steam in for his last few overs. The roar that went up from the crowd when he got Murphy’s wicket just about finished me off 🥲🏏
“His mind is a thousand ball bearings in a biscuit tin.”
💬 The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers
My wife and I often have conversations about what it’s like in our minds. Hers is loud, perhaps something like this biscuit tin. Mine is quiet.
I’ve been thinking about an analogy for the quiet that I experience for a few days and I’m stuck on the image of a slide projector. There’s one thing in focus at a time with others queued up for later. Occasionally it gets stuck and the slide in focus isn’t the one that’s supposed to be shown.
Choo choo 🚂
Finished reading: The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers 📚
Poetic. I really enjoy the characters and snapshots of their worlds that Benjamin Myers creates.
At last count there were seven of us in the micro.blog Fantasy Premier League mini-league. It would be great to see a few more players join us ahead of the new season. If you want to take part everything you need is in this post 🔮⚽
I have decided that for future posts about fantasy football I’m going to use this emoji combo 🔮⚽️
Had an odd experience at a restaurant last week where the atmosphere was at complete odds with what they claimed on their website. I don’t often leave reviews, negative or otherwise, but felt compelled to comment. Just had a response that basically said it’s your problem not ours 😂
Finished reading: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers 📚
When I opened this book I was a little sad not to be continuing the journey with the crew of the Wayfarer. Then the story got going and I realised spending time getting to know Pepper and Sidra was going to be even better.
Forced into making drop scones for the sole purpose of trying out this chilli marmalade. It’s a bit spicy 🌶️😤
Finished reading: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 📚
Perfect holiday reading. I enjoyed this so much I’ve immediately started book two.
26 off the final over 😏 Can England summon up another record run chase to keep the final game competitive? 🏏
Kate Cross and Heather Knight, England’s heroes today. Can’t wait for the next episode of the No Balls podcast and the ball by ball walk through of that winning partnership 🏏
Finished reading: The Long Good-bye by Raymond Chandler 📚
This may be the start of a Raymond Chandler / classic detective fiction book binge.
Stop press: England have won an Ashes match 🏏
Are there any other Fantasy Premier League players out there in micro.blog land? ⚽️
For the record: I am not a fan of on court interviews 🎾
Always Be My Maybe, 2019 - ★★
Needed something light for the end of my first week at work and this fit the bill perfectly. I enjoyed the broad story and central relationships. Not sold on the big name cameo though and at least one joke left a bit of a bitter taste.