Tag: old-mans-beard
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3 – 9 January 2026
Saturday Sunrise, 8:04am God, it’s the best day for walking! On the way back to the wood the setting sun hits the trees, colouring trunks and bare branches bronze. On the ground a mist is gathering. The sun sets in nine minutes and I have all the time in the world. As I head back…
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25-29 August 2025
Tuesday Sunrise: 6:03am “This is wrong, right?”“Yes. Wrong platform?”“Right.” They’ve switched things around. I had three minutes to get to a platform four minutes away and, after somehow getting there on time, there was no train. Together, the stranger and I stand on the right wrong platform and hesitate. There’s a lot of stairs between…
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30 December 2024 – 3 January 2025
Wednesday 1 January 2025 Things I know from keeping notes. In January, the sound of woodpeckers will echo around the leafless wood. The park will freeze and there’ll be a crunchy frost with bright blue shadows. As the sun rises, contrails will glow pink in the sky and linger like frozen shooting stars. There will…
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5 – 11 February 2023
Sunday It’s a beautiful day, a good day for a walk – but part of me is too lazy to go out. I message with S, he’s just got back from an osmitsa in Italy. He says ‘Go for a walk! Send me proof you’ve been’. On the way to the wood I see the…
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