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One less hour in the day always seems like someone has stolen an opportunity from me. Here's how the day panned out: Very early this morning I took an hour to walk from the bedroom to the kitchen and back. In an uncanny moment, I woke...
I was having a conversation with somebody last night. We were thinking about the last movie we went to see in the cinema. My last cinema visit was 10 years and three months ago. I really don't have attention span to watch a movie. I get...
Seriously, I did. I was driving along the coastal road; I stopped the car and got out; staggered over some large pebbles and rough sand; found a very specific rock, and said: "Hi Dad". Rewinding slightly: I was out at a meeting today,...
Remember this? 21 March 2020. We were two days away from total lock-down in the UK (and most of the world) due to the COVID pandemic. Speculation was high that it might happen, and the supermarkets were struggling to maintain stock....
I enjoy writing. In my career I have written a lot: Proposals; Training Guides; Management Reports; Funding Applications.... For fun, I really enjoy writing my blog, but I am also a bit of a frustrated fiction writer. I would love to...
Thanks to Alex for this blogging prompt, here's my own favourite reading genre. What is your favourite genre?It has to be Crime/Detective Fiction. It's a massive genre; very populous and busy with authors vying for attention. I love...
One Mother available for short term use; may considering selling her. Comes with interchangeable models: demure or cantankerous.
It often feels like I spend most of my writing time using a keyboard, but I also have a fondness for nice pens, and an obsession with notebooks. My day-to-day pen is a black-ink gel Japanese Muji 0.5mm. However, if I want to savour the...
Ah, I love it when I make a nice cup of tea.
As a young teen I was introduced to deodorant as part of my daily routine. I can't honestly recall how, but I suspect it was mostly via peer conversations and TV adverts. I certainly don't remember my parents telling me anything. Since...
After trying Qobuz, I've decided to ditch that and I am testing Deezer.
For the last few months I've been reading and researching streaming music services. I'm keen to find a service that pays a fair (or fairer) price to artists. It's not an easy task as most of the providers don't publish much data. The...
For the last few months I've been reading and researching streaming music services. I'm keen to find a service that pays a fair (or fairer) price to artists. It's not an easy task as most of the providers don't publish much data. The...
Why is the vacuum cleaner cable never quite long enough!?
So here I am, with 250 blog posts under my belt. I have been blogging for many years, but these are the posts since I started the current incarnation of ForkingMad in January 2024. My first post committed me to a variety of themes, and I...