I have been off social media for a month or so. It wasn’t a conscious ‘quit’ decision, just that when I was having my crisis, I didn’t feel like posting or engaging and since then I haven’t regained the momentum (this blog aside). The one place I have been occasionally active in has been the…
Do the side hustle
Walking the dogs today I passed a woman with eight dogs, who all said hello and then moved on. I assume she was a professional dog walker, which reminded me of an acquaintance who recently quit their job in HE and is now running a dog walking business. It made me wonder, what would my…
Love and work
As I flirt with the shadows at the edge of a mini-breakdown, largely driven by a work issue, I’ve been reflecting on why it has affected me so much. The situation is bad, sure, but a lot of work can be like that and I haven’t gotten to my venerable age with my whole professional…
The weight of narrative
Kept it on the flat today, down the Taff trail, looping around by Hailey Park. Another 5 miles in the bank, which is my daily aim. I had banked a few extra so when I had a derailment recently I managed to maintain the average, and now can maintain it. On that derailment – I…
Riding with the ghost
We did the Castell Coch-Taff trail route today. The thing I like about this walk is that the first mile is mostly all uphill, but then it’s gentle downhill after that. In this it reminds me of something I read in a Graham Greene novel (I think) once, which went something like “the first 20…
A big vs small life
On a walk dominated by drizzle, mist and mud (so much mud), Teilo and I wound our way around the zig-zag route today. Perhaps it’s the time of year, or two years of pandemic, or having my birthday recently, but I was contemplating the notion of a big vs a small life today. When I…
