This time last year my house looked like this. Today I find myself doing yoga on my warm concrete floor and, from a downward dog, considering the fluff under the new sofa. Did I marvel at the progress and ponder the nature of patience? Nope, I wondered whether or not a robot vacuum cleaner […]
Mountains in the mist
Hurry up. Hurry up.
The sky was a weird colour today as dawn broke. Pinkish and scowling. Maybe the What 3 Words for this location are less location finder and more a prophecy – the future will be full of gems, dumplings and minivans. Minivan adventures, dumpling dinners and midget gems for afters? Ok, ok. It’s move minus two […]
Are your pigtails crispy?
Lacking inspiration, I turn to What3Words. It’s an app that has chopped the world into three-metre squares and given each square a randomly generated three-word label. It’s knowing where you are without squinting at OS maps and trying to decide how many tenths along the tiny box your pencil mark is. Knowing where you are […]
Leaps and boundaries
This is a boundary stone. It marks the spot where the parishes of Penrith and Edenhall meet. It stands in a field not far from my new house (did I mention I was moving?). Most people don’t notice it’s there, but once it was probably quite important – the carved letters telling wanderers where they […]