Category: Blogging

Stormy Weather

Posted on 27th January 2026 by PJH

Storm Chandra has hit, and yesterday I got to phone my 17 year old son at 8:30pm to let him know his school was going to be closed tomorrow due to the weather and, since he was with his mates,
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Murmurations

Posted on 25th January 2026 by PJH

Yesterday my wife and I went out to witness our local murmuration of Starlings. It’s pretty spectacular, happens on the Albert Bridge and you can see them slowly congregate and then swoop in vast clouds of black splatter up and
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Time

Posted on 24th January 2026 by PJH

We’re in a super accelerated world now. Time just seems to whizz past. December felt like three days. Pre-Christmas, Christmas Day and post Christmas. Maybe this is an age thing, maybe this is just the stage of life now where
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Padding time

Posted on 21st January 2026 by PJH

I had gotten quite used to, for some time, drawing digitally. You set up a new file and proceed and that’s it. Time is marked by projects. Having returned to drawing on paper, I’m finding a odd little marker of
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The New Normal

Posted on 19th January 2026 by PJH

I’ve mentioned this a few times in the past but will very much make a point of spelling it out here. I hit, prior to covid, on a strategy I called “Two Things” (A terrible none-name but describes it perfectly)
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