Today marked the next milestone in getting back to ‘normal’, whatever that actually means. I went into work with the intention of being there, rather than as a social call. To be honest, it wasn’t…

Today was actually a good one. The builders actually arrived before I got up which was a surprise, but clearly today was a day to make progress, which they certainly seem to have done. The…

After Mark’s funeral, our friend Davan took me to oneside and gave me a container of herbs and flowers. According to Druid mythology (is that the right description?) based on our birth dates I am…

A new week and all systems are go. The builders arrived on site yesterday and started digging out the footings. Hopefully the weather will be kinder than it has been on their previous job where…

Last night didn’t go as planned. Despite the early night sleep wasn’t to come quickly or easily and was very disturbed with dreams. Nothing *bad* per se, but Mark featured heavily in them. The dream…

Had a break from the blog for a couple of days. Mostly because by the time I’ve thought about it it’s been after midnight and I’ve been promising myself an early night. Met up with…

After yesterday, I guess pretty well any sort of day would have been an improvement, but all in all today was pretty good. Spent a while tidying up all my CPD records for my pensions…

Today was a difficult one but thanks to family and friends, I’ve made it through the other end of the day. The house is clean now – I’ve even boxed up all the cards –…

Tomorrow marks the first whole month since Mark’s death. This is rather surreal – in some ways it seems like an eternity since what was to be our final conversation. In others, well I can’t…