Seeing “Tom Baker” and “Death of the Doctor” trend together on Twitter was a scary moment, but thankfully that icon of my childhood still lives. Just an unpleasant co-incidence.


🎲 Me in #7TTRPGs

Ordered by “amount written for”, to the best of my memory:

  1. Hunter: the Reckoning
  2. Demon: the Fallen
  3. Werewolf: the Apocalypse
  4. Werewolf: the Forsaken
  5. Exalted
  6. Victorian Age: Vampire
  7. Dark Ages: Inquisitor

[h/t to @toddgrotenhuis, where I first saw this meme, even if I changed it a bit…]


Hitting the sack early (for me, at least) as I’ll need all the energy and motivation I can manage to get through the week ahead.


This is a lovely reflection on the joy of the old, the analogue and the enduring: Personal connections, a season for repairs, and my grandfather’s watch.


Finished reading: The Flow by Amy-Jane Beer 📚

Wonderful book. Review forthcoming.


Feeling deprived of my weekly dose of inspiration from the swimming pool whiteboard this morning.


Morning coffee from a flask in an enamel mug while my daughter swims.

Black coffee in an Ernest Journal enamel mug.

That’s a commitment I’m not prepared to make, alas.


Hello, Saturday.

A long black and a copy of The Way through the Woods

It’s nearly time for our ritual trip to Spithandle to hunt down a wild Christmas tree. Next weekend, perhaps