Introducing Notebookerie
My favourite notebook is not a Bullet Journal. There I've said it. It might be a sun-bleached facsimile of Penguin Books "Man and Superman", with...
Author: Alastair Johnston (141)
Along the Bridgewater Canal from Moore Village to Keckwick Hill Bridge
The moment that I step off the tarmac pavement onto the beaten earth towpath, the world closes in. I move to the side as the...
When did you last ride a bike just for fun?
As we careered down the clay and gravel path, my son took both feet off the pedals and stuck his legs out sideways. I whipped...
Afloat on a Sea of Bluebells
I was afraid that I was going to miss the spectacle. The link with an event that has taken place, probably for millennia. Those first...
Running into Kenneth Thomas
As views from your home, this is hard to beat. Yesterday, I met more than just one fisherman. Earlier on my route I encountered an...
Respect to the Bird
On my long run this morning (6.97 miles - oh yeah!), as I passed underneath the beautiful old bridge, I came across a man fishing...
Furlough Days
Every morning I get up and make three cups of tea. One normal tea with milk, one weak tea with soya-light milk, one biscuit tea...
Lockdown Moon Noticing
I've taken my fair share of moon photo's over time. We all see it, sometimes we appreciate it. But how often do we really notice...
Dear Internet
When you're writing for the web, for "your audience", for SEO, you're not being honest. Screw the clickbait, the polish, the listicle. Tell me about...
Bare Trees and February Skies
One of the annoying, yet sometimes interesting features of online photo storage such as Google Photos and even Microsoft's One Drive is the suggestion that...
A February Night Walk
Maybe it's because the days also seem dark, groundhog days. Or just that with working from home, whilst also supervising the 8 year old's home...
The Thing About Blogging
The thing about blogging is that it’s not me saying "I know something, I’m an expert." It’s me working things out, and trying to become...
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