by Chris Barker | Nov 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
‘Why won’t by Bluetooth headset connect… it was fine yesterday… ‘help’ says problem in airplane mode apparently… found it, sorted that… still won’t connect… Aargh!.. Windows 10 update… thank you very much!’‘This too shall pass’ were the words of a dear...
by Chris Barker | Nov 12, 2020 | Uncategorised
The monotone cawing of a half-dozen or so rooks pulled for my attention. Loud, tuneless and repetitive, their calls disrupted my otherwise peaceful early morning walk. Frustrated with them for shattering my peace, I began to wish they were elsewhere.Their calls...
by Chris Barker | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
Consumed by the Assumed!‘Lying down… every single one of them… how odd… a little surreal… even eerie!’These were my thoughts on reaching the turning point of my run. I paused looking across a field scattered with cows, but on this early morning, they were all lying...
by Chris Barker | Oct 31, 2020 | Uncategorised
‘Today it looks worse than it did yesterday… and that’s says something…’ was my thought when reading the weather forecast on my phone first thing in the morning.I watch the 2-minute local weather forecast clip which is updated every day. I also have the hour by hour...
by Chris Barker | Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
Whoa! This is strong today.I can trace the outline of what I sense is the shape of my pelvis deep into the muscle tissue. There is a sharp angle here… it feels like a curve there… as if my pain is illuminating the outline of the bone in the same way streetlights...
by Chris Barker | Oct 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
‘It took so long to get in, we just turned around in the end and left’… commented a colleague on a failed trip to Westonbirt last weekend. ‘Well, they are on restricted numbers, so my bookings will probably shrink likewise’… commented a local landlord on visiting...