Big kid went home with his Auntie and cousins on Monday night, so later I will go and collect him. Hopefully traffic will be a lot less than usual today.

Last year I feel like I tried out some new ways of doing things that make my life better.

  • journaling
  • reading more
  • listening to music more
  • being more sociable online, less time on X
  • writing (and publishing/sharing) more
  • eating less red meat and more beans/pulses instead
  • walking more regularly

This year I managed to put up bookshelves and bunk beds, fixed a cupboard door back on in the kitchen with new hinges, replaced the silicone seal around the kitchen sink, and unblocked the kitchen sink and the toilet (several times).

But I’m not your handyman.

…these ideas I’ll turn to gold dust later

The lovely Micky Taylor on guitar sounding like Jimi Hendrix.

I used to have the album cover on my bedroom wall as a teenager.

My kind of guitar breakdown.

How does it feel, how does it feel?

I love Cat Power’s recreation of Bob Dylan’s iconic 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert.

Acoustic.

Electric.

It took me a long time
To figure out I don’t know what I want

Three brilliant and very different live versions of “Fill In The Blank” by Car Seat Headrest.

From 2016.

Also from 2016.

From 2018.

Little Simz “Mood Swings” is one of my top songs of 2024.

I think I first heard her on Tiny Desk in 2021. A brilliant set “at home” featuring songs from her “Sometimes I Might Be Introvert” album.

Literally just now I discovered she also did a Tiny Desk concert in 2017, which is just perfect.

the unknown is the only true hope for a brighter future

My song of the year by a country mile.

Drowned and buried at the bottom of a lake is my biggest fear