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Somebody showed me a picture.

At our book group we don’t bother much, if at all, with the book we’ve just read. Or not opened, because, life. We catch up with each other, with the news and with the gossip. And out come the phones. … Continue reading

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In search of good words.

I picked up some books I’d ordered from the library. They made a nice little stack on the seat beside me in the car while I drove home via the supermarket. The one I had waited the longest for was … Continue reading

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www. @ 20.

I saw it the other day. The World Wide Web – the consumer internet – is 20 years old already. On April 30, 1993, the Web went public for everyone to use and for free too. If you don’t count … Continue reading

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Tumbling in turmoil.

I couldn’t sleep last night. I knew why. I had a 24 hour something that had laid me very low and I had slept a lot and so last night, although I was still feeling rotten and yawning my jaw … Continue reading

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Flickr – ing.

I’ve been putting some (hundreds) of my trip photos on Flickr. Trawling through them, sorting, fiddling with, listing, uploading, tagging, labelling, admiring. It’s a big project I’ve taken on. I live my days around it. I don’t do it all … Continue reading

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And there’s a day after that.

The sun rises the next day. You get up before it, as usual. You flick the kettle on, let the dog out, go visit the loo. As usual. It’s cold. You stand by the kettle, waiting, cup in hand, waking … Continue reading

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