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.
Hit Man, 2023 - ★★½
I enjoyed this from the comfort of my sofa on a random midweek evening. Had I paid to see it at the cinema I’d have been disappointed.
It was clearly the Glen Powell show with no depth given to any of the supporting characters. And what an odd way to end it - maybe just skip the last 5 minutes.
Hit Man, 2023 - ★★
I enjoyed this from the comfort of my sofa on a random midweek evening. Had I paid to see it at the cinema I’d have been disappointed.
It was clearly the Glen Powell show with no depth given to any of the supporting characters. And what an odd way to end it - maybe just skip the last 5 minutes.
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.
The Beautiful Game, 2024 - ★★
Enjoyable to watch but come the end I felt it could have been so much more. The characters deserved more depth and exploration of their stories.
The Beautiful Game, 2024 - ★★
Enjoyable to watch but come the end I felt it could have been so much more. The characters deserved more depth and exploration of their stories.
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 🇳🇱
Love Lies Bleeding, 2024 - ★★★★
A film of contrasts. Seedy and sexy. Tender and violent. Blurred lines between fantasy and reality. Horrific with a hint of humour running through it.
Love Lies Bleeding, 2024 - ★★★★
A film of contrasts. Seedy and sexy. Tender and violent. Blurred lines between fantasy and reality. Horrific with a hint of humour running through it.