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I’ve gone all minimal

Hi! Remember me? 9 years of blogging has kinda exhausted me, I guess. I’m still LIVING, of course, but I …

Festive Ills & Wishes

AitCHOO. AaaaCHOOO. Aichooooooooo. It was like a germ-riddled version of Four Weddings and a Funeral‘s notoriously sweary opening scene. Several tissues …

David Ford, or Newton Faulkner?

As I sit here listening to Spotify in front of a pile of CD albums, I’m trying to write convincingly …

Making things flat

A while ago, my mum bought my dad and I a book. Not any book, of course, otherwise it wouldn’t …

Destination Thailand

(video at bottom of post) “Take your bags, Mr Simon?” It was hot, sticky and my body was silently cursing …

Goodbye, old friend

“It’s one of life’s great cruelties that a human’s lifespan greatly outweighs a dog’s.” Anon. It was the final image …

A Great Reception

At the end of the song, in the corner of my eye I noticed the enormous chocolate fountain revolving into …

Getting hitched

“I now pronounce you husband and wife.” All that preparation, all that work, all that worrying over forgetting the vows …

Thankyou, and goodbye

Marriage – tick. Wedding Breakfast – tick. Dancing the night away – tick. We should be flying Thailand-bound about now, …

Spliced, officially

Well, who’d have thought. It’s been 2922 days since Michelle and I started going out. And by now we should …