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.