30th May 2019: Trust Of A Friend

Grateful, thankful for

the trust of a friend. for all the forces working for their health.

29th May 2019: Dealing With The Past / A Needed Walk / Someone Taking A Risk On Me

Grateful, thankful for

for finding strength when considering new behaviours against an old and huge failing

for a needed walk

for someone taking a risk on you.

28th May 2019: Blue Drink / Dad's Paintings To Other Homes

Grateful, thankful for

for a blue drink

for the opportunity to help get Dad’s paintings to new homes.

27th May 2019: Quiet Day / Dogville

Grateful, thankful for

for a quiet day, clearing my desk, some necessary organising.

the film, Dogville

26th May 2019: Godzilla / A Woman Choosing Our Table

Grateful, thankful for

for a shared enthusiasm for Godzilla. I have no reasonable hopes for the new movie, but Godzilla is a shrine, and you’ll always find me there genuflecting

for an unexpected woman asking to join our table at a Jazz Bar.

25th May 2019: Clearing My Desk / Peter's Fish Shop

Grateful, thankful for

for a quiet day, clearing my desk, some necessary organising.

for the good people at Peter’s Fish Shop in Harlesden

24th May 2019: Positive Changes / Cutting Pubic Hair

Grateful, thankful for

for making a commitment to some more positive, steady changes.

the ritual of cutting off pubic hair with scissors. The feeling, the broader acknowledgement of self-care.

23rd May 2019: A Vote

Grateful, thankful for

a vote

22nd May 2019: Heather Phillipson’s Art

Grateful, thankful for

Heather Phillipson’s art at Notting Hill Gate tube station

21st May 2019: Skipping Stones On The Water

Grateful, thankful for

Skipping stones on the water

20th May 2019: Seeing A Moving Submarine In The Flesh

Grateful, thankful for

Seeing a moving submarine in the flesh

19th May 2019: Wild Cats

Grateful, thankful for

Wild Cats

18th May 2019: Rock Lock / Recognising The Sound Of Footprints

Grateful, thankful for

for a big stone being used as an alternative to lock on toilet door, instead of a bolt.

for recognising the sound of footprints of familiar people

17th May 2019: Legalised Same-Sex Marriage

Grateful, thankful for

for the people bringing Taiwan to legalising same-sex marriage.

16th May 2019: Swimming Pools In Electric Light

Grateful, thankful for

Swimming pools in electric light

15th May 2019: Bonfires On The Beach / For People Who Build Their Own Houses For Their Homes

Grateful, thankful for

Bonfires on the beach

For people who build their own houses for their homes.

14th May 2019: Greek Lyra / One Person Dancing Enthusiastically On The Dancefloor

Grateful, thankful for

Greek Lyra

One person dancing enthusiastically on the dancefloor

13th May 2019: Feeling Of Rescuing Bugs From The Pool

Grateful, thankful for

the feeling of rescuing bugs from the pool

12th May 2019: Hopscotches / Sound Of Crickets At Nighttime

Grateful, thankful for

hopscotches

and for the sound of crickets at nighttime

11th May 2019: Ladybird Ladybird Rhyme

Grateful, thankful for

the Ladybird Ladybird rhyme

"Ladybird, ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children are gone,
All except one,
And her name is Ann,
And she hid under the baking pan."

10th May 2019: The Forgiveness Of Two Friends

Grateful, thankful for

for the forgiveness of two friends

9th May 2019: Anticipation for PROTO

Grateful, thankful for

for being excited to hear PROTO when I get back home.

8th May 2019: Waves On The Shore / Prajesh's Help

Grateful, thankful for

for the sound of waves on the shore

for an employee called Prajesh giving excellent customer service. I am very grateful for his help. 

7th May 2019: Driving South Through Crete

Grateful, thankful for

for driving south through Crete, from Chania to Ag. Galini. 

6th May 2019: Flying Over Snowy Mountains

Grateful, thankful for

the views out of a plane window, flying over snowy mountains

5th May 2019: A Person Returning My Wallet

Grateful, thankful for

a person returning my wallet to the Police Station from my dropping it along my route to work in Durham

4th May 2019: The Birth Of My Brother

Grateful, thankful for

the birth of my brother.

3rd April 2019: Unexpected Early Finish / Caster Semenya / Tory Losses

Grateful, thankful for

for an unexpected early finish from work.

for those who oppose the ruling by the IAAF against Caster Semenya.

For people removing power from 1300 (+) Tory councillors.

2nd May 2019: Admiral Duncan Pub / Milkshake / Fixed Shower

Grateful, thankful for

The love, and supportive response and memory of those to Admiral Duncan Pub.

for the response of a milkshake splash to fascism. It is a whimsical act that shows rejection of the hatred, without hurting anyone, only their pride - the ill-held pride for sick ideas they could chose to change at any point.

For the shower being mended!

1st May 2019: Waking Up Fresh / International Workers' Day / May Day

Grateful, thankful for

waking up early, fresh

for International Workers’ Day

for May Day

30th April 2019: Spider Presence / Min / Relaxation

Grateful, thankful for

for the feeling of knowing there is a spindly spider in my bedroom.

for the time a flatmate spent with us.

for feeling unusually relaxed. A little bit like a spec of an e has landed on my tongue and ingested. 

29th April 2019: Dental Floss / Fish Shop Forks / Those Helping In Poway

Grateful, thankful for

for the feeling of wrapping dental floss around your teeth

wooden fish shop forks

for those who are helping the ones who have lost loved ones in Poway.

28th April 2019: Marathon Runners / James Philpot's Marathon Run / Making A Spontaneous Decision

Grateful, thankful for

 Marathon runners, metaphorical or otherwise

my friend completing the London Marathon excellently.

for rolling with inspiration on a spontaneous energy

27th April 2019: Catching Up / Being Drawn / Walking With A Fox

Grateful, thankful for

for catching up with someone I’ve missed

for the honour of being drawn

for walking steadily alongside a peaceful fox

26th April 2019: Chris Packham / Wild Justice / Filled Wrap Bread / An Obscurity Of Poets

Grateful, thankful for

Chris Packham’s legal challenge with Wild Justice

for filling inside of a wrap-bread, in this case feta and spinach.

for An Obscurity Of Poets - a new poetry night at Mascara Bar, by Andrew James Brown. Running monthly. Bring yourself down!

25th April 2019: Beagle On A Train / Unexpected Acerbic Comment / Tim Wells

Grateful, thankful for

for a beagle, carried

for an unexpected acerbic comment

Tim Wells, the poetry, the person

24th April 2019: A Colleague's New Chapter / A Friend's Romance / The Dying Sun

Grateful, thankful for

for the new chapter for a colleague, for his positivity in taking himself to a new place.

for the optimism and hope in a new romance growing for a friend.

The dying sun from the heights of the Pergola Olympia.

23rd April 2019: Balanced Life / Nightmare Revealing Truth / Funny Then Turn-On

Grateful, thankful for

for observing some different aspects of life balancing one another.

a nightmare reminding me that I have unresolved work

for something that you immediately find funny, which then on second thought, reveals itself as a massive turn-on!

22nd April 2019: A Relaxing Day At Home

Grateful, thankful for

a day relaxing at home.

21st April 2019: Close Friends / Egg Bread / Children On The Tube / People Of Sri Lanka

Grateful, thankful for

Seeing close friends for the first time in a long while.

being given Egg Bread.

for a calm, quiet tube ride with a disproportionate number of parents with small babies, each child curious about one another.

for those helping to support the friends, family and people of Sri Lanka. for a friend home safe.

20th April 2019: Grief Is The Thing With Feathers / Support For A Happening / Robert Ridley-Shackleton

Grateful, thankful for

for Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. A wonderful book that communicates the feelings of processes excellently.




for people attending and supporting a happening. for them attending and supporting other happenings. for those involved in making those happenings happen, at every stage.

for meeting a new performer, maker, mover and cardboard shaker.

19th April 2019: Yorkshire Brick Walls / Jack Fallows / O'Messy Life's Challenger EP / Acceptance Of Luggage

Grateful, thankful for

The style and make-up of brick walls in Yorkshire

LP artwork by Jack Fallows for O’Messy Life’s Challenger EP.

For the acceptance of excess luggage on a coach journey

18th April 2019: Robert Mueller's Report / Extinction Rebellion / Anticipation

Grateful, thankful for

for Robert Mueller’s reporting, regardless of its effect. 

for the Extinction Rebellion. In spite of criticisms, in detail and certain behaviours, I am grateful for their overall participation and drive. For them shutting London bridges down.

the feeling of anticipation before travel

17th April 2019: Morning Sun On Pavement / Seeing Absurdity At The Root Of Fear

Grateful, thankful for

Morning sun, and the shadow it creates on a zigzagging brick pavement.

seeing the absurdity at the root of fear

16th April 2019: Gentle Day / Seeing A Friend Of A Friend On Tinder / Fruit Salad Sweets

Grateful, thankful for

for a gentle day.

for the feeling of seeing a friend of a friend on Tinder

Fruit Salad sweets

15th April 2019: Lives of The 96 / Hospitality / Positive Rehearsal / Lives Spared / Singing Bowl

Grateful, thankful for

positive rehearsal

the lives of the 96, and their families

the generous hospitality of friends

that no lives were lost and that there have been no injuries reported in the fire burning Notre-Dame

the sound of a singing bowl

14th April 2019: The Power Of Showing Up / Smell Of Cut Hedges / David Lammy

Grateful, thankful for

the power of putting your body in a societal space, and the impact simply showing up has.

for the smell from cut hedges

for David Lammy - for him using a wide reaching platform like Marr, to communicate so effectively the association of main-stream politicians with racist and right-wing ideology, and contextualising such behaviour with clear historical examples.

13th April 2019: Soundtracking / Being Asked How I Feel / Childish Opennes & Enthusiasm

Grateful, thankful for

for soundtracking an early Saturday walk in the residential streets of Earl’s Court, with Sundial by The Advisory Circle. A glow of morning sun, a dramatic absence of people, a flowing calm, a flowing love.

for being asked how I am feeling

for a child, jumping up, punching the air, yelling yes! and his mother encouraging him.

12th April 2019: NARC Magazine / Neighbour Kindness / Adam Curtis

Grateful, thankful for -

for NARC Magazine, all they do, but today, for the annual compilations they put     out supporting local musicians.

for neighbours kindly holding post for me.

for Adam Curtis.

11th April 2019: Close Magic / Asking For Tickets / Train Overhead / Time Spent With Colleague

Grateful, thankful for

close magic.

the feeling of asking if there are spare tickets, in person.

the sound of train travelling over head

the time I got to spend working with an inspiring person.

10th April 2019: A Strange Dream / Festivals / Ghost Box Records

Grateful, thankful for

a strange dream   

the concept of a festival, the excitement of a combination of events, happenings.

Ghost Box Records   

9th April 2019: The Spaceape / Playing Music In My Hometown / The Hound Of Heaven

Grateful, thankful for

The Spaceape

The prospect of playing music live in London for the first time since living here.

The Hound Of Heaven

8th April 2019: Light At Nighttime / A Friend Reaching Out / Cinnamon Buns

Grateful, thankful for

for this light at nighttime

for a friend reaching out

cinnamon buns

7th April 2019: Felix Meaning / James Holden's The Inheritors / Spinach In Curry

Grateful, thankful for

the name Felix meaning Happy or Lucky

James Holden’s The Inheritors

spinach in curry

6th April 2019: Man Cleaning North Acton Road / Dust Masks / Help Overcoming Fear

Grateful, thankful for

for the man in my neighbourhood who I regularly seeing picking up general litter. He tends his garden. He gives to us. The feeling he gives is so much more too. 

respirator / dust masks

for someone helping me to overcome and fear, for their support

5th April 2019: Hair On Naked Back / Chaines - The King / Crashing Waves

Grateful, thankful for

the sensation of your hair touching the small of your naked back

Chaines’ album - The King. Loved the show for TUSK, and love The King album. Really powerful.

for the crashing waves

4th April 2019: Autism Awareness Week / Description Of Alcoholism / Generosity / Spring Rolls

Grateful, thankful for

for Autism Awareness Week

for Bush’s description of his alcoholism in Decision Points

for the generosity of a colleague to help me out of a jam!

Spring Rolls

3rd April 2019: Opposition to Brunei's anti-LGBT policies / Louis Theroux’s The Night In Question / Medication

Grateful, thankful for

for all those affecting opposition to Brunei’s monarchy's bigoted policy and violence against LGBT people.

for Louis Theroux bringing the content of The Night In Question to a wide audience.

for the quick unseen processes and prompt results of medication

2nd April 2019: A Doctor's Knowledge / Cooperation Of Friends / Strange Light

Grateful, thankful for

for a doctor, their knowledge, and assistance

the cooperation of friends

strange light in the hail

1st April 2019: Trust / Pudge / Skipping

Grateful, thankful for

for trust, for trusting, and its importance in a relationship

the word 'pudge'

skipping

31st March 2019: Overcoming Defensiveness / Asked For Help / Being John Malkovich

Grateful, thankful for

for overcoming a defensiveness of yesterday, with a giving spirit today.

for being asked to help with a housemates short video essay.

the film, Being John Malkovich. for Charlie Kaufman. for the feeling of that film. for it feeling good after many years between a repeated viewing.

30th March 2019: Returning To Work / Kind Response To Creative Work / A Raised Hand

Grateful, thankful for

for returning to work.

for Andy Wood taking the time to listen, and write such kind words about my album in TQ zine too. Thank you.

for the image of a raised hand, and its relationship to having a voice in a society.

29th March 2019: New Streets / Protecting A Child's Image / Barbican Estate

Grateful, thankful for

for walking through new streets to get to a familiar destination.

for someone sharing an image of their child publicly on social media, but choosing to hide their face with an emoticon.

the Barbican Estate, and the flowers adorning the balconies of the maisonettes.

28th March 2019: Tool Becoming Useful Again / RSE regulations passing / Returning Home

Grateful, thankful for

for an old tool becoming useful again after years of storage.

for Relationships & Sex Education regulations being voted for in parliament, meaning it will be compulsory in all schools from 2020.    #RSE #LGBT

for returning home after being away.

27th March 2019: Parody Characterisation / Frictionless Travel / Mussel Shells In The Order Of A Cross

Grateful, thankful for

a video reconstruction of the Republican uprising of 1916, and its joyfully mocking characterisation of members of the British Army.

a frictionless drift through an airport

mussel shells in the order of a cross

26th March 2019: Sun Over Dublin / Books Upstairs / J. B. Yeats Paintings

Grateful, thankful for

for the sun blessing our exploration of Dublin

coming across a wonderful bookshop, Books Upstairs in Dublin.

the paintings of Jack Butler Yeats

25th March 2019: Breakfasts in Hotels / Seeing My Nephew / Following His Lead

Grateful, thankful for

for breakfasts in communal dining rooms in hotels

for seeing my nephew

for following his lead

24th March 2019: Mum's Birthday / Rhythmic Birdsong / Humourous Conversation

Grateful, thankful for

the birth of my mum




for rhythmic birdsong at Ingatestone Station

for a humorous conversation with a conductor

23rd March 2019: Start Of A Break / A Generous Gift

Grateful, thankful for

for the start of a break

for a generous gift, from Mum. 

22nd March 2019: Premiere Of My Friend’s New Audio Series / The Roundhouse / The Cinematic Orchestra

Grateful, thankful for

the premiere of my friend’s new audio series.

for The Roundhouse, its gorgeous belly, more intimate than I imagined, and for presenting sound clearly

The Cinematic Orchestra

21st March 2019: Tube Chats / Missing People / Lucky To Spend Time With People

Grateful, thankful for

tube chats

recognising you will miss people

for acknowledging you were lucky to spend time with people

20th March 2019: The Front Cover of Eureka / The Occupy Movement

Grateful, thankful for

the front cover of Eureka by Jim O’Rourke, its style, content, context...

The Occupy Movement

19th March 2019: Sophomore / Skydive for Victim Support / A Healthy Urgency

Grateful, thankful for

the word sophomore, its use, its sound, its effect, its feeling.

for inspiring people, I’m lucky to share time with, doing a skydive for Victim Support https://www.justgiving.com/companyteams/floraseone

a healthy urgency

18th March 2019: Low Production, High Playability / Julian Daizan Skinner / Thai Omelettes

Grateful, thankful for

low production, high playability

for Julian Daizan Skinner

Thai omelettes

17th March 2019: Around The Fur / Sleep After Cycling / To Aid Someone On A Regular Basis

Grateful, thankful for

for the album ‘Around The Fur’

sleep after cycling

the possibility to aid someone on a regular basis

16th March 2019: Soothing Podcast At Bedtime / A Burning Car / People Not Being Hurt / View From A Balcony

Grateful, thankful for

soothing talking coming from podcast, at a very low volume, keeping me company as I fall asleep.

for seeing a car burning in its metal flesh

for the people involved not being physically hurt by the incident.

for the view from a friend's balcony

15th March 2019: Unexpected Day-Off / Support for those affected at Christchurch / Hope Within Cycles

Grateful, thankful for

an unexpected day-off from my job.

for those offering their support to the friends and families of those killed in Christchurch.

for hope inside of the perception of ciclical paths

14th March 2019: Restless Legs Syndrome / Conversation With A Good Friend / Flatmate Bringing Parcel Inside

Grateful, thankful for

the feeling of restless legs syndrome

for an interesting conversation with a good friend

for a flatmate kindly bringing in a parcel for me from outside.

13th March 2019: Medium Talk / Crumpets / Recognising Conditions

Grateful, thankful for

medium-talk, in particular those who embrace the darkness in their existence in the company of others. In particular, not so much confessional, but using experience as an enabler of a discussion of broader themes and implication. 

crumpets

recognising my conditions swelling in strange company, and finding  amusement that they were showing themselves, whilst I was about to watch / watching a play about a boy managing his conditions.

12th March 2019: Book Title / Soy Milk / Drizzling Rain

Grateful, thankful for

choosing to read a book on its title alone

Soy Milk

Soft, drizzling rain in the nighttime.

11th March 2019: Holly Herndon / High Speed Train Song / The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

Grateful, thankful for

for Holly Herndon and her new music.
https://hollyherndon.bandcamp.com/album/proto

for this wonderful protest song, and the mood of the protest too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_zhhdCyh9I

for the story of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime; its production at Piccadily Theatre, for Willesden's appearance in play, for communicating a condition in a way which felt uncontrived, clear and sympathetic to all involved.

10th March 2019: Phone Call with Friend / Éliane Radigue Set / Davies siblings, Dominic Lash, Alison Knowles

Grateful, thankful for

for a phone call with a good friend

for an incredible set by Éliane Radigue, moving deliciously created sounds across a number of speakers, immersing the listener. An undeniably endearing sense of humour within too.

for the incredible Davies siblings (along with discovering Dominic Lash and Alison Knowles, in the first case), performing wonderful and diverse pieces of music, one inspiring thoughts, for me, of the relationship between a musician’s placement in a matrix, and their approach to objects. I adored the second set of pieces, drawing the ear into the micro changes in tone from the bows on strings. A deeply meditative experience.

9th March 2019: Friend's New Job / Guilt For Denying Charity / Breaking Phone Screen / The Old Police House Family

Grateful, thankful for

for the potential and prospects that a new job may bring to a friend.

for the complicated thoughts and guilt I felt following not giving money to a person on the street asking for it. I let that person down in that instance.

for cracking my phone screen a bit. It’s still fundamentally workable, but that accident alerted me more vividly to the unhealthy relationship I have with my phone.

for The Old Police House family gifting live music to people in Hackney. It was wonderful to hear friends and people I admire (not mutually exclusive!) making their music outside of the home I know them from, a fresh context further illuminating their invention, their wild peculiarity, their vitality. All sets wonderfully unique, and yet something beautifully whole about themselves as a community. They generously offer inspiration always.

8th March 2019: Sweet Rockers of Camden / The Hold Steady / Talking About Music With A Stranger

Grateful, thankful for

for the sweet rockers of Camden

for The Hold Steady, and a great set at The Electric Ballroom

sharing time talking about music with a stranger after a gig.

7th March 2019: Slippery Caption - Posset / Swapping / Teachers Dressing Up For World Book Day

Grateful, thankful for

the selection of pieces on Slippery Caption by Posset.

"sold back to us… shame on you, little i"





for the concept of swapping

for my teacher friends, dressing up as characters from books, sharing their enthusiasm with their students.

6th March 2019: Long Weekend / Deteriorating Signal / Lent

Grateful, thankful for

the luxury of a long weekend

for a deteriorating signal from headphone connections. It’s mostly underwater now!

for the possibility of lent, of fasting, of confronting a relationship with luxury, a relationship with modesty, a relationship with personal needs, the needs of the wider multiverse.

5th March 2019: Pancake Party / Eating With Friends / Russians in Russian Dolls

Grateful, thankful for

for an invitation to a Pancake Party. For the joy of pancakes and making pancakes!

for sharing food with friends, older and newer.

for an extended set of Russian Dolls each dressed as famous Russians.

4th March 2019: Whitecross Street Weekday Market / Keith Flint / Rave Culture in the UK

Grateful, thankful for

for Whitecross Street weekday market

for the life of Keith Flint.

for rave culture in the UK at the beginning of the 90’s. I was too young unfortunately to experience it first hand, but researching back on it, every testimony seems to further reveal a people who contributed to a powerful culture that subverted many oppressive mechanisms, reaching through society.

3rd March 2019: Delicious Breakfast / Elaine Paige's Show Tunes / Remaining Tickets

Grateful, thankful for

for a delicious breakfast.

Driving with Elaine Paige’s radio programme playing show tunes

The surprise of discovering remaining available tickets for a gig, after almost resigning to the thought that they must have been sold out!

2nd March 2019: Train To A New Place / A Gifted Meal / Respectful Criticism

Grateful, thankful for

for the feeling of taking a train to a new place out of town, going through unknown stops. 

for a tasty meal, generously prepared and offered by a good friend.

for direct and respectful criticism

1st March 2019: Renee Glynne / Daniel Lopatin / Gillian Anderson

Grateful, thankful for

for Renee Glynne
   
for the visions of Daniel Lopatin

for Gillian Anderson’s performance of Margo Channing.

28th February 2019: Under A River / Marianne North / Gavin Bryars / Friendship

Grateful, thankful for

the privilege of walking under a river

The recalibration of what the feeling of excess can feel like - due to Marianne North’s room of 831 hand-painted flowers pictures. Truly overwhelming and it utterly spoils with sensation!

for Gavin Bryars, his remarkable music, to learn of his humour too.

for spending time with a friend I have not seen for a while. 

27th February 2019: Why Does He Do That? Book / Cloudy Apple Fizzy Drink / Greenwich Market / Time with my mum

Grateful, thankful for

the book ‘Why Does He Do That?’ by Lundy Bancroft.

for cloudy apple fizzy drink.

for Greenwich Market

to spend time with my wonderful mother, my Mum. It was great to spending a day in endless roaming conversation, from the complex to the frivolous.

26th February 2019: Broccoli & Stilton Soup / Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School / Booths in bars / Friend Conversation

Grateful, thankful for

broccoli & Stilton Soup

for the privilege of being able to visit the Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School.

for booths in bars

for a wide-ranging discussion with a close friend.

25th February 2019: Caseworker-Client relationship / Scents / Stranger engaging

Grateful, thankful for, 

a caseworker laughing and joking with her client.

the smells inside The Temperate House at Kew Gardens. The sensory experience of this curation of flowers and plants reinvented my sense of geography and time, transitioning between continents smoothly and quickly through scent.

for a stranger taking the time to offer me advice on framing a picture.

24th February 2019: Time to reflect / Cleaning for others

Grateful, thankful for

a period of time to reflect, away from my primary job

the therapy of cleaning for others as well as yourself

23rd February 2019: Bar Counter Conversation / The High Cross

Grateful, thankful for,

the feel of sitting at a bar counter with friends. A wonderfully different feel from sitting at a table.

for The High Cross pub, run by good people.

22nd February 2019: Conversation with mother / Nighttime walk

Grateful, thankful for,

a long conversation with my mother

enjoying a nighttime walk

21st February 2019: Time to say thank you / enlivened feelings

Grateful, thankful for,

someone taking time, putting time aside, to say thank you

for a week full of enlivened feelings

20th February 2019: Trust / The Nursery / Meeting New People

Grateful, thankful for

for sharing trust with a group of open people.

for enjoying a relaxing and amusing evening with wonderful performers at The Nursery

for meeting new people

19th February 2019: Stuck on the tube / Archipelago music / Philbeach Gardens

Grateful, thankful for

the feelings that accumulate as a person remains inside a tube-train parked underground between stations for a considerable amount of time, without a tanoy update to provide assurance.

for Archipelago and their music

for the slow-pace and mood of the Philbeach Gardens crescent

18th February 2019: Meal with a close friend / Scutiny of sexism / Walking the centre of London

Grateful, thankful for

a meal and conversation with a close friend.

for them pulling me up on some sexism that was hiding in my thinking. I have been scrutinising it since, with the aim of expelling it.

for walking the centre of London at night time.

17th February 2019: Wintry Sunshine, Music Invitation, Jewish Museum

Grateful, thankful for

the wintry sunshine

being given the privilege of contributing to someone elses music

the Jewish Museum in Camden

16th February 2019: Stairway to Kevin / Friend's Educating / Friend's Birth

Grateful, thankful for,

the pun, Stairway to Kevin - as seen in a music-store 1st floor window on Denmark Street

for the service a friend has given to educating children

for another friend's birth and birthday

15th February 2019: Youth Climate Strike / Architecture in Kensington / Lundy Bancroft

Grateful, thankful for,

all of the young people unifying across the world to look after one another's futures

#YouthStrike4Climate

the varity of architecture through Kensington

for the work of Lundy Bancroft

14th February 2019: Call with my nephew / Minerva Road

Grateful, thankful for

having a wonderful phonecall with my nephew. It's been a while, and I feel his mind has journeyed through all kinds of wonderful new ideas.

for the gentle life of Minerva Road at night.

13th February 2019: Fireworks in nearby gardens / Flowers on conveyor belts

Grateful, thankful for

fireworks in nearby gardens

for bunches of flowers on conveyor belts at 11pm at night.

12th February 2019: Birth of Peggy / Time with a friend / Steve Reich

Grateful, thankful for

The birth of Peggy

Spending time with a friend

Hearing 'Music For 18 Musicians' live

11th February 2019: Ironing Naked / People In Cars Listening To Music / Lorde Dancing

Grateful / thankful for,

The feeling of ironing shirts naked, and slight thrill of a hot plate moving near my waste. 
 
For walking through the supermarket carpark and seeing a group of friends in a small car losing their shit to the music they were listening to.
 
Lorde, and her dancing. I find her incredibly attractive when she dances! She seems so in touch with her feelings.

10th February 2019: Tools To Recognise Addictions / Exposed Fear / Humiliation / Recognising Neglected Practices

Grateful / thankful for,

The tools to recognise addictions, for information around different addictions.

For a conversation that exposed some fear I keep. Now to work at dispelling it!

For an embarrassing incident that made me consider my pretentiousness.  Glorious humiliation!

For recognising and regaining some neglected practices, the daily pills.