Read: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington. This book was so good I want to read it again. 📚
Read: Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 📚
Read: The Short End of the Sonnenallee by Thomas Brussig. Loved this one. Another great recommendation from the Backlisted/Locklisted podcast. 📚
I didn’t catch any of the meteor showers but there has been a fantastic clear view of Venus and Jupiter over the last couple of mornings. You need to be up really early to see them though.
Upwardly Mobile and Hating it — Speculative Insight →
“The Gentrification of Vimes”.
This is so good. Contains spoilers for the City Watch books by Terry Pratchett but I imagine anyone interested will have already read those. Sam Vimes has always been my favourite Pratchett character.
I used to enjoy and look forward to Apple WWDC keynotes. Now I couldn’t care less. It’s like Apple is at the “let’s throw a bunch of crap at the wall and see what sticks” stage.
I deleted/cancelled the Wordpress hosting that I’ve had on the go for about fifteen years. My decision has nothing to do with recent Wordpress controversy. I just don’t want to have to maintain that kind of site anymore. Micro.blog does everything I need now. This is my only web home now.
Started to read: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin. I’ve been looking forward to getting this. I ended up buying the ebook for my Kobo as it hasn’t been easy to find a hard copy in the UK. 📚
Disappointed to find out that NHK World Japan has removed its channel from TV services. It was a nice little oasis of calm amongst the dross of all the other channels and a good way to keep up with the Sumo tournaments. Hopefully there will be another way to access those highlights.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. 📍
Back to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum today. It was nice and cool inside amongst the exhibits. Very warm outside.
