Weekend Photo: Jaunty Hawthorn

My favourite survivor hawthorn tree on our local walk at the hillfort, still hanging on at it's precarious angle but now in winter mode, all...

7 November 2026 photos

Weekend Photo: Interloper

I think this beech tree's cover has been blown.

1 November 2026 photos

the return of scribblans

Here's the story of this blog. So far. I set it up using Scribbles. I named it 'blogbear' at first. I was happy with that....

31 October 2026 meta

Villains of the Day - "Nobody cares that you're leaving Proton"

Today, a bit of a thing had kicked off on the Fediverse. It may have kicked off elsewhere too, but I'm not one of those...

30 October 2026 whatnot

I have another new name

I had a video call with my sister yesterday. She was looking after her 3 year-old grand-daughter, my great-niece, and was trying to explain to...

29 October 2026 whatnot

current status report

So if I'm currently not doing 'too much' (as per docs advice) and not writing anything at the moment, what am I doing all day?

19 October 2026 shorts

a little hibernate

I don't have an inflated enough opinion of myself to think that many people will miss me. However, I don't want anybody that might be...

8 October 2026 shorts

new fountain pen arrived - Lamy Safari review

The YELLOW! Lamy Safari fountain pen arrived, and of course I have tried it out as soon as I had time this morning. (Sorry for...

5 October 2026 whatnot

accidental new fountain pen cult member

how it startedIt roughly happened like this. A couple of weeks ago, while browsing through my RSS feed reader, a post title caught my interest....

2 October 2026 whatnot

why am I so tired?

I haven't blogged for a while. This is mainly because I am very tired. Why am I very tired? Well, let's see if we can...

29 September 2026 whatnot

home now

Things can move quickly in the health service sometimes. The fastest it moves is when they've decided they need the bed you are taking up...

16 September 2026 whatnot

I'm inside again

Yay, in hospital again. I've done a lot of hospitaling over the last three or four years. It's nothing to do with the most recent...

12 September 2026 whatnot

parents should be heard and not seen

My Dad rang yesterday. And he has obviously just discovered the video calling option on the Signal app. It caught me out at first as...

6 September 2026 whatnot

weekend photo - the view south

From a favourite north Cornwall clifftop walk. This is looking south towards Boscastle and Tintagel. Padstow is around 25 miles away on the distant horizon.

5 September 2026 photos

wobbly moments

I had a moment yesterday. A touch of the OhFuckingHellItsAllGettingABitTooMuchNow's. I was taking the dog for her longer walk of the day at a local...

31 August 2026 whatnot

weekend photo - airfield clouds

I like a nice cloud. This is at the abandoned but well-grazed WW2 airfield at Davidstow, Cornwall, where the sky is massive. Often you can't...

30 August 2026 photos

for your comfort and convenience

No, the blog does not now have public conveniences. But it does have an added convenience. This is just a brief post to direct readers...

29 August 2026 meta

fooled by freewriting

new habitsStarting new habits to try to improve some aspect of my life is not a problem. Trying to maintain any of them beyond a...

28 August 2026 whatnot

diagnosis: grounded

I love it when you are leaving at the end of your consultation with the GP with one hand on the door handle and his...

25 August 2026 whatnot

weekend photo - common darter (I think)

Taken just today on my phone. I'm mostly surprised that it's a reasonably decent close-up as my phone doesn't have a macro mode and is...

23 August 2026 photos

anxiety

The doctors surgery texted me just twenty four hours after my echocardiogram scan. They said they had received the report from the scan, and asked...

20 August 2026 shorts

ultra scanned

Last week the hospital had called me to arrange an appointment for an ultrasound echocardiogram scan. Unlike the pregnant women used to having their belly's...

18 August 2026 whatnot

blog title change

Up until today, I've been using the title 'Blogbear' for this blog. The eagle-eyed reader, whichever one of you that is, will possibly have spotted...

14 August 2026 meta

struggling for peace

There's no place of real and absolute peace in this mad world now. I am just sitting quietly here on the sofa, escaping a little...

13 August 2026 whatnot

eclipse watching

We watched the eclipse this evening using a colander. And not just any colander, but a thematically-correct colander with a star shape in it.

12 August 2026 photos

weekend photo - sea mist forming

From the beach in Crackington Haven, Cornwall, UK

8 August 2026 photos

dreaming of eagles

This morning, in the land between fully asleep and the half-awake of time to get up, I was dreaming. This is very unusual for me...

6 August 2026 whatnot

old posts, old uncertainties

I did something I promised myself I wouldn't do here last night. Luckily, I don't think anyone noticed, and I corrected myself and took it...

3 August 2026 whatnot

Weekend Photo - clifftop view

This is where I live. No, sorry, this is near where I live, in Cornwall. I live in a house, like most people. About 5...

31 July 2026 photos

about time for a clearout

"There's stuff in there that has been in there for years," I told J. I was moaning about not being able to fit anything into...

28 July 2026 whatnot