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

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.

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

Porridge Radio are my band of the year.

I relistened to their 2022 album “Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky” countless times in August. It’s intense.

This is a brilliant solo live version of Back To The Radio.

They released their new album “Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me” in October. It’s stunning!

I’m sick of the blues

I’m in love with my life again

Listening to her sing. She is fully connected to her truth. It shows up in her words, and it shows up in her voice. The two are indistinguishable.

Via @keenan@social.lol

Iā€™m having trouble breathing in

Feels like my anthem for the year.

Great lyrics (including lines from “All Shook Up” and “My Generation”) on gardening-as-therapy gone wrong.

Nothing he’s got he really needs

Always one shinning up a lamp post!

The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe

What is your Conceptual Continuity?

(Are you making this up?)

Eh, some of it, yeah, why?

(Well, what are you doing that for?)

I just didn’t want to burden anyone with the truth