Author: Gareth
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An early funeral
Today has been one of the more difficult days of late. The main thing is I attended the funeral of PN. PN was born in the summer of the year 2000 and so only just turned 26. I last saw her about two weeks ago we both went to a party on a Saturday evening…
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Farmer on the ground
One thought recently is about the size or scale at which I’m operating. I wouldn’t say it’s full blown regret it’s more of an acknowledgement this is a big project to take on. I have a four bedroom house, a double garage, a front and a back garden. The amount of time this amount of…
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Making mistakes
I think today is an ‘owning up to mistakes’ day. A moment ago I sent an e-mail to a company. They make really nice rolling garage doors out bright baked-polycarbonate rollers. They look super smart, the quality is really good, the reviews are really positive, but it’s also quite a lot of money. Money I…
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Bring it down!
It is 6:58am Monday morning and I have a few thoughts about yesterday and today. My first is the new heating system is due to be delivered sometime today and that’s really exciting. That’s going to consist of an air source heat pump, 5 or 6 wall-mounted heater and cooler units and then a bunch…
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Kitchen walls
Last night I played a few turns of Total War: Warhammer 3 with R. Often there are three of us, with M rounding out the set, but it was just the two of us last night so I loaded the game we started a few months back and we played through about ten turns. My…
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Forever Autumn
One of the songs in the Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds I like the most is called Forever Autumn. It’s about loved ones who aren’t here anymore and works well for any kind of relationship, which is perhaps a large part of why it appeals to me so much. The whole song is…