First day of the new year
Jan. 1st, 2015 08:50 pmSaid goodbye to pater and my oldest nephew this morning: they're off to London for a few days and won't get back until after I've gone. Despite the warmer temperatures, the weather's still pretty miserable with wind and rain. I managed to fit in a run before the worst of it, but I didn't envy my mum's community association walk through the woods this morning.

The Christmas tree in the dusk — it feels like we're starting to come to the end of things...
Instead of going on a hearty walk around Earlsdon, I passed the first day of 2015 reading, wrestling with Ariadne's cryptic, and, in the afternoon, catching up with my mum in the peace provided by the absence of visitors and grandchildren.

Instead of going on a hearty walk around Earlsdon, I passed the first day of 2015 reading, wrestling with Ariadne's cryptic, and, in the afternoon, catching up with my mum in the peace provided by the absence of visitors and grandchildren.