Old Timer

I bought this Japanese fountain pen years ago based entirely on its look. Unfortunately it’s too small in my hand to be used comfortably for any length of time so I just take it out now and again to gaze at it and make sure it still works.

#Books

I’ve started to read The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It’s a shame that her passing has finally spurred me into doing so. 📚

I hope the HomePod is a success but silly phrases like “the experience of moving to a Retina screen… for your ears” are not going to convince me to give up what I already have.

Rush: a band who sparked the teenage imagination like few others. Nice, fair, piece in The Guardian about the retirement of Rush.

Sunlit test. “View from the office” today.

#snow #slowmo

Current forecast…

#Books

I’ve been reading Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul It’s an excellent bit of popular music and social history centred on the tensions within the Motown record label in that year. 📚

First day back at work and plenty of this is needed.

📕 Tim Smith, the Cardiacs singer hoping to overcome brain injury to make music once more

I ordered a keyboard from Amazon UK today and was asked at the order page if I wanted to conceal what was in the package. It’s maybe not the best of keyboards but nothing to be embarrassed about.