Groundhog Day: To wake from a deep sleep?
There’s been a bit of a break in the posts of late. But I’m still here, I’ve not disappeared. In a lot of ways there’s been a large helping of Groundhog Day here with a…
General Musings
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.
It’s not often I read something which resonates so strongly with me that I want to immediately share it. It’s so easy in this day and age to hit the re-tweet / like / re-press…
The Bees they are a bumbling and a bouncing. Mostly in purple.
I keep having to remind myself that, whilst it’s quite warm at the moment, it is also August. Mid Summer in the UK, although to look at the weather over the last month, you might…
War and Peace Revival Festival 2015
Having only just returned from my trip to Auchterarder, there was about enough time to run a half-marathon training route and pack up my desert combat uniform in order to head south to Folkstone Racecourse, between…
Back to Manchester
I must admit that the two weeks in Scotland have flown by. And it has been a mostly pleasant and relaxing time, away from all I had left behind at home. With being physically fit…
North-bound
Contrary to the lack of updates on here of late, it has been a rather involved time. I hesitate to call it a ‘busy time’ because that would largely negate the purpose of taking time…
Run Fluffy Run
Over the past few months, my running has been my primary outlet for all the emotions that have been spinning around following the events of this spring. However, chuck in a whiff of a challenge or…
Anniversary time
It’s taken me a good while to get around to writing this post. As you can imagine, the anniversary of the death of one’s spouse is a very painful time, and with all that 2015…
Summer. Ish!
Summer has arrived. What I mean is that it’s still blowing a gale but we don’t seem to be at risk of any frosts this weekend. But it’s June so therefore it must be summer….
Linux Mint on HP Stream 11
I’ve not done a tech post for a little while and having spent some of yesterday getting my laptop up and running with Linux I thought I would share my experience in case it’s helpful…