2022
I just misread “light rain forecast” as “light rain forever”, which pretty much sums up life in the UK.
Some interesting nature reads to kick off your week.
Charles Arthur in his newsletter this morning:
“Self-obsessed Twitter is the very, very worst Twitter: it’s like a bandpass filter that stops useful data getting through.”
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How culture changes:
”Lechery was regarded as such a feminine vice that oversexed males, too, could be called Sirens, in no complimentary sense.”
From: Mermaids by Sophia Kingshill 📚
Repeat a difficult thing often enough and it becomes a habit and then a pleasure. And so it is with my early morning Sunday trips to the pool. An hour by the poolside with a book and a coffee. 👌🏻
I’ve just realised how appropriate it was that I was reading Mermaids by Sophia Kingshill in Starbucks last week. It’s been a long time since I consciously thought about their logo… 📚
After revelling in non-fiction for the last few years, I have really rediscovered the novel this year, and am enjoying losing myself in other lives.
I know that the phone has the advantage of being the camera you always have with you, but I do enjoy the tactile nature of more traditional cameras — the viewfinder, the lens barrel, the dials and buttons. Grabbing the Canon and going shooting with it is my weekend treat.
I try to avoid spending too much money in franchise chains, but when your small, indie coffee shop is closed due to a broken coffee machine, sometimes you fall to the temptations of Starbucks — and regret it afterwards.
This may have been one of the first music videos I watched on a computer:
It was included as an Easter egg on the installation disc for OS9 for the Mac. I still love the aesthetic of this video.
Social media isn’t dead — it’s regenerating.
Life doesn’t always go to plan. The secret to resilience is to just adjust and forge new paths forwards. And that’s fine.