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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Apps – Rent or Buy?
After returning this morning from a walk I found myself thinking about something that has been nagging me for a long time: do I take the plunge and buy software to replace what I have been using for 20 years, in order to save the monthly subscription?
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Distracted Politicians?
What if… we followed the science and started building homes in 2000 that would provide a healthy and comfortable environment for the end of the 21st. century? Politicians failed to act – and continue to do so. They are all too easily distracted from science, facts, knowledge and evidence by the super-rich.
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Dark Times?
My thoughts this morning turned to a lightbulb moment I had over ten years ago, when a convergence of disparate knowledge and insight led me to see parallels between a dark period in the distant past and the present.
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Let’s Build More Cold Homes!
I was hoping to do almost nothing today but nearly all of my preferred activities are sedentary. It is cold – inside and out – and I am reminded of how we are incapable of building energy efficient homes, unlike so many other (colder) countries.
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Character Flaws?
I am looking forward to venturing into town today after three weeks isolation at home. Why do I venture out so infrequently?
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Changing Plans?
After two false starts I will today be cooking Mother’s Day dinner for my mother. I have this morning postponed tomorrow’s planned visit into town – after 3 weeks of isolation. Plan do not always go – according to plan, but when you are retired it seems to matter little.
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Cold Home – Warm Garden!
It is cold indoors (as usual) but warm outside in the sun. So why am I indoors writing this?
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Weeds & Mould!
Respite from rain has not yet resulted in dry ground. Conditions have led to enormous weeds in the garden, and the germination of mould spores in the home. Which do I tackle first?
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Life-saving Critics!
I find myself thinking about the time I have wasted watching films, reading books or listening to music I do not enjoy. Life is too short. A filter of some kind is required.
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Economising!
Having a shower and washing clothes on the same day seems a bit extravagant, so to balance the books I think I might have a can of soup for dinner!
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Weather Forecast!
Some of my grand-parents generation made their own weather forecasts based on reading a barometer. No app was required. But now, even with more data at our finger tips, some people seem incapable of making a sensible forecast, and even blame it on the app!
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Dull Routine?
This morning I was thinking that my life has become rather dull and routine. However, my working life was also routine, and sometimes dull. There is a key difference between working life and retired life.
