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