Tag: robin
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17 – 21 November 2025
Monday Sunrise: 7:22am The heart of the wood is quiet. No bird song, only the sound of squirrel claws skittering across trunks and branches. It’s getting light but taking a while. The temperature has dropped. It’s five degrees now and the first frost will arrive tonight, settling on cars and sparkling orange under the streetlights. …
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2 – 6 September 2024
Monday “Alright? Blimey, that’s a lot. Is it always that bad?”“Hi – this? Yes?”“’Cuz it’s a Monday?”“I guess. I dunno. No, actually. It’s always like this on any day.” I was in a world of my own. I shrug at T and look at the black bag which is full because I’m on the way back…
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11 – 15 September
Do Interesting is out (other bookshops are available). I wrote a few bits for it, including some stuff about writing these weeknotes. But don’t let that put you off. It’s good. Because it’s Russell, it has good advice from a ton of people – practical advice that you can actually use. Enough to get you…
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21–25 August
Friday: The sunrise today was 6:01am. Yesterday it was 5:59am. It’s been creeping up by one or two minutes every day this week. Passing the top of the hour always feels like a milestone. As I was awake, I went to look. But it was a grey morning and unremarkable: just few streaks of pale…