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Celebrate Minor Mundanity

December 29, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

‘What are you, a sorcerer? / Only at home. In company I drink out of the cup.’
– Take it from Here, BBC radio comedy with Frank Muir and Dennis Norden

Kitchen cleaning tools before the calamity.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: bbc, booklink, fitbit, photography, technology, vet

Saturday Pencil Blues

July 25, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Saturday started badly. I had a bad night’s sleep and then the TV locked up before we could watch the breakfast news. I was already grumpy and my coffee mood boost was still in the cup when there came a glitch that became a technology challenge.

I should explain that we have a streaming service that provides our ‘terrestrial’ TV. It’s a service that comes bundled with our broadband via a DSL router and a set-top box. We’d surrendered a satellite service once we lost sight of the satellites beyond the growth of neighbouring trees. Copper wire transmission was all that was available as replacement. Indeed, our road is only now being upgraded with suitable fibre-optic connections.

I was watching a small holding farmer tend to a flock on our willow tree …
… this day six years ago.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: bobby kerr, booklink, Covid-19, haim ofek, leonard reed, matt ridley, newstalk, photo, technology, tv

K SerraSara

June 13, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I like the illusion of free will. That’s not to say that I suffer from the delusion of it. I’m not a solipsist nor am I totally convinced that reality exists. I base that uncertainty on some hallucinations I experienced, the most recent were in a hotel room in Venezuela. My brain overheated with a fever from pneumonia and my perception was that the objects in the room changed shape and perspectives. Or perhaps my brain malfunctioned and failed to re-create the reality I am used to.

  • Bathroom Tableau.
  • Dublin Bus.
  • Demolition Exposure.
  • Grey Reflections.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism Tagged With: anthony beevor, booklink, free will, geophysics, jonathan mccrea, newstalk, reality, richard dawkins, technology, time

Crosswords and Sudoku

March 29, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

29 March 2020 – 20:39 GMT – 1°C Mostly Clear – Co. Dublin, Ireland

It’s that kind of day. Cleaned some windows. Watched the news on TV while my wife visited with a public health nurse to learn about injecting our daughter, in case she needs the help later in her treatment.

I’ve been practising social distancing. I think the best defence is to behave as if you’re infectious and do not want to infect anyone else.

Fascinating catch-up TV about Eel Pie Island. As often as I walked past it while doing Thames Walks, I had no idea just how important it was to the music of the 1960s.

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Filed Under: ManRom2021 Tagged With: imitation, infectious, movies, music, photos, technology, tv

Walking in Poetry

March 5, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

5 Mar 2020 – noon GMT – 4°C Light Rain – Co. Dublin, Ireland

“A man who does not move with pain, but moves
With thought”

By Wordsworth, word sketching an Old Man Travelling and on a journey that perhaps“led to peace so perfect”.

I think Wordsworth got it right. Walking alone allows me relax, brings me peace, expands my horizons and makes me want to do it again.

Thank you CdF for “Ten Poems about Walking” (Candlestick Press), a great gift to be read before we set out towards Rome.

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Filed Under: ManRom2021 Tagged With: booklink, Celia de Fréine, conciousness, dictation, sasha dugdale, technology, walking, william wordsworth

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