28th December 2020: Completing A Book Before Starting Another / Focussing On A Film / Recognising Level Of Addiction / Active Resting

Today, I am grateful and thankful for, 

Sticking to a specific book and completing it before starting another. 

For watching a film without checking my phone - and for the pleasure of that focussed attention, and recognising how bad my addiction to checking social media and applications on my phone has gotten. 

For active resting.

13th December 2020: Slow Cooker / Phone Calls / New Ink In Printer

Grateful / thankful for, 

Slow Cooker

Lovely calls with two close friends

New ink in the printer

22nd November 2020: Pipoca Vegan Store / Slow Cookers / Hammers & Nails

 Very thankful and grateful for,

- Pipoca Vegan store

- Slow Cookers
 

- Hammers & Nails

21st July 2020: Michael Jamal Brooks / Majority Report / Sharing Stories About A Loved One

Very thankful and grateful for,

- Michael Jamal Brooks
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJhqjpyMp_Y

- for Majority Report family

- for coming together, and the process of sharing stories about a loved one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP4FCxWnxSw

20th July 2020: Good Faith / Focus / Playing In The Sunlight

I am truly grateful and thankful,

for the ability to recognise certain behaviours that show whether someone is acting in good faith or not, and learning more and more not to entertain bad faith interactions. 

for feeling and performing in a more focused way today

for playing games with myself in the sunlight

18th July 2020: Pitshanger Park / Listening / 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World

Grateful / thankful for,

- for walking to a new park, Pitshanger Park - and enjoying an overgrown portion of it, in the light afternoon sunshine.

- for listening - for the ability to listen. To have time to sit a listen to sounds around me.

- for starting a new book, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafak.

15th June 2020: Chaz / Chop / Resting Knees / Anticipation

Grateful / thankful,

- for the people at Chaz / Chop

- for recognising that resting my knees tonight was a sensible thing to do.

- anticipating visiting my parents for the first time since lockdown was lifted.

14th June 2020: Those who support the survivors of Grenfell Tower, a walk, re-evaluating

Grateful / thankful

- Those paying tribute to the victim's of the Grenfell Tower fire. For those caring, and seeking to understand, seeking help, seeking justice.

- for when I felt frustrated, and that the day was slipping away from me, for taking myself for a walk in the warm sunshine.

- recognising that my desire for a non-nuclear set-up community, although I originally thought it was born of recognising it as an oppressive mechanism of the state, I now realise it is probably conceived from my sympathy for those from broken homes, whereby the wider community became the place of comfort for those people.

13th June 2020: Anti-Racists / tor / Turning Canvas 90 Degrees

Grateful / thankful,

- to those who stood up against Nazi's in London. Whether at Trafalgar Square, or in their local community, or at home, or through causes. No place for Nazi's here. With particular thanks to those taking up space in public for anti-racism.

- for tor.

- the power of moving a canvas 90 degrees.

12th June 2020: Southern Indian Pressed Coffee / Clearing Inbox / Verso Books

Grateful / thankful,

- Southern Indian Pressed Coffee

- The happiness of organising my personal email inbox. The sadness of the happiness that organising my email inbox gave me. Thankful for the contemplation around the place of an inbox in modern society.

- for Verso Books (https://www.versobooks.com/)

11th June 2020: Awkward Moment / Akala / Increase In Energy

Grateful / thankful,

- For an awkward moment that is teaching me something, tapping bowl and joining in out of my window.

- For Akala giving his time generously via Instagram live.

- For an increase in energy.

10th June 2020: Support / Martin, Red & Black / Volunteers For Vacine Trials

Grateful / thankful,

- the opportunity to offer support

- Martin, from Red & Black (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdrsvuw055Yvvqe1jWWUlDA)

- for those taking part in trial tests for a potential vacine for Covid-19. 

9th June 2020: Deleting Amazon Account / Protest Results / Oregano & Fried Potatoes

Grateful / thankful

- for taken action on something I had made a decision about for a long while. Deleting Amazon account.

- Seeing some immediate positive results from the international protests.

- Oregano & fried potatoes.

8th June 2020: Utilising Systems Positively / Bristol Activism / Friend's Support

Grateful / thankful,

- Creating/using systems to efficiently deliver behaviours

- for the people of Bristol taking necessary action to remove a statue of a slave trader (Edward Colston)

- The support of friends to help me grow.

6th June 2020: Black Lives Matter / A Happy Girl's Smile / Unity & Support / Considered Decision

Grateful / thankful for

- a small girl in a resting car, in traffic, filming on her phone out of the window in the back seat of her car as people on the Black Lives Matter march walked by. She beamed a big smile.

- for the cars beeping in support on the Black Lives Matter march.

- for support in flags, and loud banging pots, our of the window, on the road to Vauxhall Bridge.

- To think carefully about a decision, and commit to it.

3rd May 2020: 30 Day Song Challenge /

Thankful and grateful for,

the opportunity the 30 Day Song Challenge gave me to consider songs through a certain lens. Also for the pacing of taking 30 days to gently think about this.

2nd May 2020: Dubs For Socialists / Video Call With Friend / Walk At Dusk

Thankful and grateful for,

a video conversation with a lovely friend from Newcastle. He showed me his view from his window, and gave me a wide vista of the Newcastle and Gateshead skyline.

a walk around the block, at dusk, with skies swirling soft oranges, pinks and light blues.

for Darren Hayman's Dubs For Socialists reimagining. 

1st May 2020: International Workers' Day

Thankful and grateful for,

1st May, May Day, International Workers' Day. For all those working, for all those not working. For a society that is striving for justice.

17th April 2020: The Marriage Of A Friend /

Thankful and grateful for,

the marriage of a friend to her fiancé. For the happiness it brings them, and may that happiness go long for them.

5th April 2020: for doing something long-felt / for a deep house clean / thoughtful tributes

grateful / thankful for

for doing something long-felt, now jumped off

for a deep house clean

for thoughtful tributes, drawing out the detail and depth

2nd April 2020: Tara Reade / NHS & Other Care Workers

Thankful / grateful for,

the bravery of Tara Reade

the bravery and compassion of the NHS and other care workers.