Huge mistake! I bought a wall calendar for the kitchen that has weeks starting on Sunday.

I don’t care what the rest of the world thinks. This is just wrong on so many levels.

Over on the big blog, a year-end reflection about Maggie’s question about the best and worst of times in the year.

I don’t like giving-up on books but I’m not making any headway with Lucy Wooding’s mammoth history of Tudor England.

Maybe I read too much about Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I this year. Or maybe if you’re tired of Tudor England you’re tired of life.

I watched The Life of Chuck, adapted from a Stephen King short story tonight. It was wonderful and ★★★★★

My favourite Christmas present of 2025 may just be these ‘loyalty cards’ from daughter no. 2.

Updated my ‘now’ page.

Well, I think yesterdays’s Christmas lunch dealt with the “I don’t see the point of stuffing” bombshell¹ from the day before!

1. After all those years together she still surprises me. 😂

I thought it was sad to see news.individual.net displaying a large drawings saying “The era of Usenet is over”.

It’s almost certainly true though.

A calm day at low tide on the River Forth on the winter solstice.

Last night we were talking about Analog Tools and end-of-year traditions. One of the things I do around this time each year is publish the list of 52 things I learned (and verified) this year.

Here is 2025’s list.

Updated my ‘now’ page.

I was reading a guide to making a Manhattan cocktail and I really liked the little side-note “stir until a melancholy thought occurs to you.

Attempted murder at the farmers’ market today. 😂

Here in Edinburgh last weekend

I’m currently refreshing the website for my wife’s bookgroup while keeping to my self-imposed rule that it’s a very basic HTML file.

Hopefully moving from this very basic table into something a bit more fun.

One for the Analogue Tools community. Over on the big blog I’ve written about my new change of notebook/journal.

As today was a day off from work, I thought I should set aside some of the fun time for book group homework. 🍺📖

Updated my ‘now’ page.

I finally managed to declutter and reorganise our important paper files today. I got rid of old stuff and created new files appropriate to where we are now.

There’s one new file labelled “death” that no-one has noticed yet!

Once I get over my flu I’m looking forward to working right-to-left here. Scottish Tayberry sour; then cherry, strawberry and almond; then hazelnut imperial stout.

Only in Waitrose do small children run past shouting “we’re allowed to have sushi and pizza!”

Over on the big blog a long post on my new Leicaflex SL film camera and film photography in general.

Enjoyed a long walk in the muddy hills yesterday with a camera from 1974.

I’m enjoying an IPA brewed in Leith using hops picked in New Zealand between 20:15 and 21:45 on the evening of March 14 2025 while the moon was in total eclipse.

I’m really liking my new Ansø pen developed with tactile turn. I’m not normally a fan of narrow pens but this nails it.