It’s been raining.

I see those NFT thingies are still doing really well.

Can’t find a way to write this that doesn’t sound like a twee bromide but genuinely, if your end of year review is that you survived painful things happening in your life & the world, stayed empathetic in an inhospitable environment & treated yourself & others decently then that’s achievement enough

Sigh. Taps microphone. It’s not a font. It’s a typeface. The typeface is Times New Roman. The font is italic. Newspapers should know this.

I love this. It’s just perfect. Hours of story and detail in here.

Jo has created a wonderful Reel to tell you about Letters from Wonderland. www.instagram.com/p/DQtjDSQCFlb/

Out on the street that barren hush of the weekend already entering the half-shut, fire sale hours. Indoors, dusk divides the rooms into a Magrittian Empire of light: half the rug gaudy gold as a dictator’s palace, velvety dark claiming the other, nightmail hours packing up the day to carry it off

Some accidental art outside the doctors’ surgery.

It was a beautiful autumn weekend, perfect for going out and having an audience with a favourite tree.

Beautifully wise @theguardian.com country diary by Josie George today. #countrydiary #naturewriting

Josie George on Longing -- "I present a poem and a fairytale to you, my jury. Two points of view. Two messages." open.substack.com/pub/bimbling...

Went to London to see some things.

Getting in the spirit of Halloween by visiting Boo-thorpe.

I had this stamp created after a particularly harsh piece of feedback in a user test once. It came in very handy thereafter to challenge what I was creating. Sometimes I would even imagine taking a run and a little jump and planting it on the occasional forehead.

Increasingly I question the value of social media in my life, as each network crumbles. I would miss you, all you fascinating strangers with lives I love to look in on - your cats, your art, your struggles, your nights out, your loves, your loneliness. I see it all, and am grateful for your sharing.

I was about ready to walk away from social media today for good, but this wonderful thing was well worth lingering for.

This is the one we’ve all been waiting for.

All these individual thoughts gathered together.

Notebook changeover day.

A beautiful day for the Stafford 10k - with my gorgeous coach (and expert race number cross stitcher) and her son out to cheer me along.

Happy Hot Pork Bap Day to all who celebrate.

Well that’s 57 then.

Anyone else’s cat do this? I seem to be in a thing now with Jo’s cat where he expects me to give him a comforting pat on the bottom whilst he eats his food or he just yells at me.

Went for a 6km run - and I was full of beans! Which was a huge mistake as it made me really uncomfortable and slowed me down a lot. Must eat less beans next time.

Us reading your social media posts.

Sitting on the beach writing, whilst the seals stick their snoots above the water.

Pokemon or Outer Hebrides location? - Geocrab - Snishival - Driomor - Hacklet - Griminish - Baleshare - Grenitote - Sandwick

Ridiculous place.

I do love a Scottish summer. I’m very glad to be all tucked up somewhere cosy.

I wonder how many he had to catch before he got a Shiny. www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

View from the bottom of the garden.

Out and about with Jo ❤️

I’m in Glasgow, so I am having a macaroni cheese fried sandwich … and chips.

As it should be.

It’s been too long.

Just crossed the border into Scotland.

Weird little guy.

I was at David Austin yesterday and they had ALL THE BEES.

Was just walking along the canal minding my own business when suddenly I saw the symbol and was reactivated, Manchurian Candidate style, as a Play School sleeper agent.

Wishing a Happy International Cat Day to this utter bastard who has already bitten me twice this morning, as is his custom when I'm writing in my journal.

What’s your sign?

Googled what the pieces were in Monopoly and got this rubbish.

You can’t step in the same river twice, but you can step in the same dog shite twice, as I have just proven.

Am ferocious beast defending my street throne.

"Whenever I go away from home, I end up returning with something I didn’t expect; something that takes a while to unpack and understand." Josie George on the continuous work of finding, and keeping, a purpose. bimblings.substack.com/p/the-everyt...

Found my new vibe - Pencilcore.

A text message from Jo to her mum.

Well the Pencil Museum was very exciting. Very like the LEGO Idea House, but pencils.

Off to the pencil museum tomorrow. Not sure I’m going to sleep tonight.

Darth likes to help me write. Every day.