Sunday 2nd November, 2025

I didn’t do any writing today
even though
I planned to do some writing
today

(a familiar lament)

Tuesday 4th November, 2025

Two days running
I’ve been insulted in the street

Friday 7th November, 2025

An eerie village
without streetlights
Or seemingly any lights at all
anywhere
except for the pub

Monday 10th November, 2025

Off to cornwall tomorrow
for a week
in the gloom

Wednesday 19th November, 2025

Came back to find
new neighbours
next door

Thursday 20th November, 2025

It was cold
everywhere I went

Friday 21st November, 2025

Fell down the stairs
just before bed
Think I might have broken
at least a couple of toes

Saturday 22nd November, 2025

Been hobbling around all day
creaking
like an old broken doll

Sunday 23rd November, 2025

There was a good half hour
in the middle of Castle In The Sky
that I didn’t remember at all

Monday 24th November, 2025

Using photoshop on my old computer
is an ever increasing chore

Tuesday 25th November, 2025

The sparrowhawk swooped down
a metre in front of me
then swooped off again
without acknowledging me at all

Sunday 30th November, 2025

Mum and dad put the tree up
today

Monday 1st December, 2025

Today
was kind of
miserable

Tuesday 2nd December, 2025

The new Candyman
wasn’t as good
as the old Candyman

Wednesday 3rd December, 2025

There were lots of squirrels
in Castle Park
Constant motion
in every possible direction

Thursday 4th December, 2025

Everything
everywhere
was grey
all day

Sunday 7th December, 2025

A spider sitting
expectantly
on the toilet roll

Wednesday 10th December, 2025

The christmas tree in the park
looked a little forlorn
and slightly alone

Thursday 11th December, 2025

A couple more weeks
and I can give up keeping
a diary

Friday 12th December, 2025

Went christmas shopping
and did not go mad

Saturday 13th December, 2025

Wrapped some presents up
without getting too frustrated
with my own ineptitude

Sunday 14th December, 2025

I keep seeing
a sparrowhawk
round here

I would gladly let it
eat me

Wednesday 17th December, 2025

I’ve finished christmas shopping now
(mostly)

Saturday 20th December, 2025

Hooray
It’s christmas
(unofficially)

Wednesday 31st December

end of year

fade out

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Notes:

1. Written in November and December 2025
2. I apologise for how unilluminating these have been
3. Don’t worry, I’m not writing one ever again

Wednesday 1st October, 2025

I would quite like
a good night’s
sleep

Thursday 2nd October, 2025

I saw a deer
by the side of the road
Actually alive
just watching me drive past

Friday 3rd October, 2025

My eyesight
has about a six inch window
in which it can see

And each eye
is about 3 inches out of sync
with the other

Saturday 4th October, 2025

Reading is nice
and I should do it
more often

Sunday 5th October, 2025

Cascading
error messages
leading to unending
crash loops

Monday 6th October, 2025

Yet another day in which I never left the house (except to get the washing in)

Tuesday 7th October, 2025

I wish I was
a crow

Wednesday 8th October, 2025

Christ I’m bored
of all this
emptiness

Thursday 9th October, 2025

We had dinner
in the pub

Saturday 11th October, 2025

A diet of pancakes
and pastry

Monday 13th October, 2025

Ikea is still awful
even when you barely go
inside

Wednesday 15th October, 2025

Waited for a delivery
that never
arrived

Thursday 16th October, 2025

Sumo is
brilliant

Friday 17th October, 2025

My desk is finally finished
and I like it
(no excuse now
for ever doing nothing)

Saturday 18th October, 2025

The new exhibition
at the museum
is really very good

Sunday 19th October, 2025

I’ll miss the sumo
now it’s gone

Monday 20th October, 2025

Rain
forever

Tuesday 21st October, 2025

Sat at my desk
and wrote some words

Wednesday 22nd October, 2025

Dad bought 24 blues CDs
for £2.40
in total

I bought two cans of coke
for £1.84

Thursday 23rd October, 2025

There was supposed to be a storm
but there was barely a storm
at all

Saturday 25th October, 2025

The boy next door
has been squawking
like a crow

Sunday 26th October, 2025

It was cold
over the park

We saw a sparrowhawk
on the way there

But not
on the way back

Monday 27th October, 2025

A pumpkin
as big as a
beachball

Tuesday 28th October, 2025

Hey!
There’s an arcade here
which I never even knew
was there

Thursday 30th October, 2025

Everything was irritating
today

Friday 31st October, 2025

There was nothing scary
about halloween

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Notes:

1. Written in October 2025

Monday 1st September, 2025

An empty aimless day

Tuesday 2nd September, 2025

Coughing
spluttering

Wednesday 3rd September, 2025

I should try
something
at some point

But instead I try
nothing
at all

Thursday 4th September, 2025

Coughing again

Friday 5th September, 2025

This diary
has been
a failure

Saturday 6th September, 2025

Blistered thumbs
from playing Silksong
too much

Sunday 7th September, 2025

There was a lunar eclipse
hidden
behind endless clouds

Tuesday 9th September, 2025

It was hot
and there were squirrels in the park
looking pretty pleased
with all the acorns
on the ground
and in their paws

Wednesday 10th September, 2025

My pen is running out

Thursday 11th September, 2025

There was one single burst of thunder
and that was it

Friday 12th September, 2025

Nearly finished Silksong (I think).

Everything left to do is
impossibly hard
and not much
fun

Saturday 13th Septmeber, 2025

Strange lumps
and cuts
on my fingers today

Sunday 14th September, 2025

So cold today
I shivered
for two hours
straight

Monday 15th September, 2025

It was windy. I stayed indoors

Tuesday 16th September, 2025

Silksong just goes on and on. I’m not sure if this a good thing
or not

Thursday 18th September, 2025

Another day where I have
nothing to say
about anything
at all

Saturday 20th September, 2025

Silksong loses all momentum in the final act
begins to feel
like a slightly joyless slog

Monday 22nd September, 2025

The elegance of an egret
impresses me
again

Tuesday 23rd September, 2025

I saw a crow
flying up high
and dropping walnuts
in the road

Thursday 25th September, 2025

Just the final boss in silksong left to do
after nearly a month
and a hundred hours
and more

Saturday 27th September, 2025

Still can’t beat that final bloody boss

Sunday 28th September, 2025

Two crows on the roof
feathers fluffed up so much
they look almost
round

Monday 29th September, 2025

A black and white cat
surrounded by magpies
seemingly curious as to whether
it’s one of their own

(Also finally finished Silksong today)

Tuesday 30th September, 2025

Egrets and cormorants
on the river
in weather that felt like spring

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Notes:

1. Written in September 2025