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!
I write my Morning Thoughts (and many other items) on Substack and, if I find the time, I also copy and paste them onto this – my personal website. Please consider subscribing to my Substack page – colinjanderson.substack.com – it’s free! The sheer volume of lies, misinformation, hate and advertisements on Facebook has been getting me down, so the more family and friends who subscribe to my Substack page the sooner I can close down my Facebook page.
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A Place to Write
I was feeling down yesterday and want to snap out of it. My thoughts turned immediately to long-neglected long-form writing projects, and how I might best get on with them.
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Buying Wisely for Retirement
It has taken me over a year to finally fork out for a ‘proactive maintenance visit’ for my washing machine. I suspect the cost will be worthwhile. It reminded me of the lengths I went to in 2017 to buy everything I would need in retirement, from furniture to underpants! And, most importantly, to buy…
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What to do today?
Not much in the way of thoughts this morning – and I am not entirely sure why. I had planned to visit town – and the pub – but it looks as if inertia has decided another course of action.
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How To Lie With Statistics
I monitor my personal health data daily – but I don’t panic. It seems that some people do, which may place a strain on health services. It seems to me that Statistics should be taught in all schools; how else are people going to understand the stats thrown at them all day every day?
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An Old 45’s Ecosystem?
From staring out of the window at almost motionless clouds I find myself thinking about my old 7” singles – and how the music world is a fine and complex mesh that could be described as an ecosystem.
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Living Within My Means
I feel okay today but, having read the brochure for the upcoming Chagford Film Festival, I am regretting having to live on such a small budget. I shall not be attending the festival. However, I am upbeat because I stick to my budget and it usually doesn’t bother me too much.
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Avoiding Alternative Realities
I am looking forward to the day ahead and somehow my thoughts move on to the hellish Orwellian nightmare in which we are living – and can we survive it?
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Coffee with Mum
Rain today, but only until lunchtime. For the first time in a couple of months my mother will make it out to me on the bus, despite the rain – and the fact she is one month away from being 90 years old.
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Vampires, Rain & AI
This morning I learn that the Energy Vampires of yesterday may have vanished, it is cloudy outside with no chance of rain and I have taken a microscopic personal step towards switching off AI.
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Mysterious Energy Vampire?
What in my house could be using 6 pence-worth more energy than usual? I try to find an answer but only partially succeed. Could there be an energy vampire sucking up electricity when I am not looking?
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A Break from Tech Troubles
Today is the sort of day you would have expected it to be prior to climate breakdown. I have decided that, after a week of tech nightmares arising out of switching mobile phone companies – resulting in a (nearly) useless debit card – I shall take the weekend off, just like in pre-retirement days.
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Rain, Glorious Rain!
Boy was I glad to see rain this morning, too little, perhaps too late and certainly inconsequential but welcome nevertheless. A boost to my well-being but sadly inot to the garden, the pond, and farmland, forests and reservoirs.
Colin Anderson 