Our bedtime conversations always seem to come round to us talking about The New Flat. We've just paid out the deposit and agency fees but when we were woken up at 1am by downstairs listening to music in the kitchen we knew it was worth every penny. Not that we were having any doubts but it was a lot of money. Jon counts the days down, sometimes including the few days we'll be in Yorkshire later this month, sometimes not to make it seem quicker. August seems to be a busy month as we're doing a lot of film festival stuff so it should go by soon. There's a few comedy gigs and book events we wouldn't have minded seeing but moving is an expensive business.
Mr Bitch left a comment a few weeks back asking when I was going to knit him a bikers jacket. Should my crochet skills drastically improve and I come into a load of black yarn, I could make him this...
When you're feeling a bit fed up, other people's photos on Flickr can help cheer you up. Jon and I went to see an exhibition by Edinburgh artist Jill Ashforth last year and have been enjoying her photos on Flickr as well. She's just been to Stromness and I'm starting to wish I didn't find the journey to Orkney so stressful... Especially when you come across even more lovely Orkney photos from someone else, including one of a very special home.
Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta asked readers for quick answers to questions that atheists are often asked by those who believe in a god. He's compiled a pdf of the best answers, and one of mine was included, the answer to 'If you don't pray, what do you do in troubling times?'. I said 'When it's possible, I try to take action to fix the situation. If that's not an option I talk to people I trust and hope that things get better'. If it sounds very simplistic, well, that was the idea of the whole exercise. I can't always 'do something' to help in troubling times, but I can try, and I can talk to those I love and I have to say that's enough for me.
Yummy black bean and sweet potato burritos for dinner tonight, I'm a lucky girl.
Recent Comments