When you’re young ten years feels like an eternity. When you’re older it goes by in a flash.

A starling sitting on the roof.

Bird. A starling sitting on a roof gutter against a clear blue sky.

It’s easy to say now but I always thought Dilbert was the least funny cartoon in the long history of cartoons.

I’ve had Covid this week. I could have cried when I saw the positive result after being so careful for the last three years. Feeling miserable but the coughing is starting to fade a bit. Hopefully the worst is over.

#Films

Dead Reckoning, 1947 - ★★★½

Watched on Sunday January 1, 2023.

#Books

Started to read: Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott 📚

It’s taken a while for me to get around to reading the second part of this excellent trilogy.

🥂 Last work day of the year.

🥂 Last work day of the year.

I just heard a radio advert for Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. That’s a bunch of words that don’t slip off the tongue easily.

I turned on the micro.blog newsletter service and sent myself a copy to see what it looked like. It’s nice. I haven’t written much here to justify a newsletter but I can see how it would be a great way to keep family members up to date with what I’ve been doing.

Christma Eve dinner at relatives today including a few gin & tonics and this doggy.

Dinner plate with Christmas tree decoration.Black and white lhasa apso dog called Poppy

Trying to get back into the VSCO iOS app but the user interface is still awful. There’s something wrong if I have to keep reminding myself where the camera button is. It’s unfortunate because the app has a lot of nice filters that are worth using. In for another year anyway.