My dad passed away last night.
The Cycle of Life
I’m walking to the shops, walking down back streets, residential streets instead of the main road. I find more joy and interest in looking at the houses and front yards instead of the busy main street. Houses that I use to pass most every day as a kid. I haven’t been back to Bristol to visit my parents for two years. COVID has been the culprit there. I wasn’t planning on visiting until next year when hopefully COVID might have been a little quieter.
Urban commuter route.
The first bird songs of the morning.
Whoops, what happened there? Micro.blog just gave me a Bad Gateway error for a couple of minutes? It seems to be functioning fine now.
cc @manton
Sometimes grey, overcast mornings are the best to wake up to.
How phones used to be…and this one works.
Well I lost that one, but it was fun to play Rummikub with my sister last night, with mum looking on to learn how to play.
I’ve been up since 2:00am. It is now 4:15am. Oh the woes of jet lag.
I find people watching at big international airports, fascinating. Especially at this time of COVID. Where have people come from? Where are they going, and why? And just the shear number of people on the move.
Slowly but surely.
After my post last night, I woke up this morning and deleted Glass from my phone. I never even got past the waitlist. It’s a good decision for me. I’m content with what I have.
What am I doing?
Self-induced peer pressure? I don’t know, but I have just signed up for an invite to the new photograph app Glass after reading about it in multiple places on the Micro.blog timeline, and after John Gruber sung its praises. I wasn’t looking for a photos app, and don’t particularly want another subscription right now. I certainly don’t want an app that is going to encourage another distraction habit in me, especially as I feel that I am just beginning to get them under control!
Saturday midday.
Rain and Sun
Rain during the night, sun during the day. That’s a good combination, ensuring that the ground gets watered and we have a warm, bright day. And then there are times when I just enjoy it being overcast for a day. There is plenty of sun here in Hawai’i, for which I am grateful, but I also enjoy hunkering down on a wet day.
We watched French Exit a couple of nights ago, staring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges. Categorized as a comedy and drama, outside of that I found it hard to pigeon hole. Quirky, different, it held my attention and I would recommend it. 🍿
A Short Meditation to Start Your Day at Micro Camp
On both days of Micro Camp, before the presentations start, I will be leading a short meditation to help you quieten your mind and prepare for the day ahead. Just show up 15 minutes before the program for the days start. No experience is necessary to join the meditation. I have kept the instruction to a minimum in order to maximize the time that we have for meditation, so if you do come away with any questions, please contact me.
Just arrived from my favourite coffee shop. Sterling Coffee Roasters use to be our local coffee shop when we lived in Portland.
📍 Sterling Coffee Roasters, Portland
As I record my video, try and record it, for next week’s Micro Camp, I am thinking that it would be funny to see a video of outtakes - I say that assuming that I am not the only one making a few false starts!
Searching a cupboard for some honey, I came across this jar of Marmite. Joy! I haven’t had any for a long time. I know what breakfast will include tomorrow.
