When I sit down to write my Morning Thoughts I have no idea what will pop into my mind or the route my thoughts will take. My diary entries simply record what is on my mind and reference many years of personal knowledge, insight and experience. I also like to keep them brief; they are not essays after all!
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No More Guests?
A quiet morning, especially for mid-week, and I find myself thinking about my guest bed, which will (hopefully) be leaving through the front door today. I have very few guests staying. Am I unpopular? Possibly; but once the bed is gone I shall begin to assemble my music room, which I feel sure I shall…
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Glad to be Home?
My seventh day at home. Studying is all well and good, but I have no-one to share my knowledge and insights with. I need to get out, but I haven’t saved enough cash for that yet.
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From perfect sleep to perfect tea – and coffee?
I find myself buoyed by a perfect sleep score, excellent tea and a pleasant sunny morning. I look forward to me morning cappuccino but it is not perfect, merely very good. Which gets me to thinking about the Algerian Coffee Stores in Soho and will I ever own an espresso machine?
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Dreaming of Gardens!
My lawn is crispy and my garden is frazzled – and I wish I could do more – a lot more – to make it the kind of space I would love, enjoy and spend more time in. Sadly, that will never happen.
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Adapting to the Heat?
I feel good this morning. Mornings are the most pleasant part of the day in a heatwave. Opening doors and windows at 5am brings coolth into the home, but doors must be shut earlier each day as the heatwave progresses. And I have developed a new coping mechanism that I never thought I would find…
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Birthday on Mars?
My scales made me smile with a birthday message and then I got to thinking now about what I was thinking 50 years ago: what would 2026 be like? I had a vivid imagination and thought there might be a possibility of me making a trip to Mars – back then that seemed possible.
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Energy Saving!
My diary this morning led me to my energy bill for yesterday, the first day of the month, and then onto why I am such an energy geek, reading my meter every week when I have smart meters!
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Mixed Emotions?
July was for many years a happy month for me, but no longer. A birthday, a wedding and a death occur within a few days of each other, which leaves me nowadays with mixed emotions.
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Civilised Politics!
My mind is this morning drifting from one trivial matter to another, but begins to focus on a feint glimmer of hope: that politics may become slightly more civilised and slightly less confrontational.
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Coastal Living!
I haven’t decided if I will venture into town today or tomorrow, but whatever I do I must visit the tropical fish shop in town – I need something to clear the pond. That led me to thoughts on living near water.
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Why Diary?
I found myself celebrating the end of the heatwave and looking forward to a week of ‘normal’ weather before the next heatwave arrives in a week or so. In so doing I somehow got onto the subject of why I write in my diary at all.
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Failure to Act?
I have been getting angrier during the week listening to the Radio 4 news, as one ‘expert’ after another is asked what solutions are available to avoid the worst effects of heatwaves. The answers have been known for 30 years. We could have started building climate-resilient homes 30 years ago, but chose not to. Why?
Colin Anderson 