Tag: Christmas

  • The Long Walk and More Playing with Nextcloud

    The Long Walk and More Playing with Nextcloud

    Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo days ago I went for a longer walk than usual. I walked along roads rather than along the narrow agricultural roads I normally use. I wanted to avoid crowds and dog walkers. The thing about solitude is that it’s enjoyable when you are not reminded that you are alone. Today I…

  • TimeTagger and Christmas

    TimeTagger and Christmas

    Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s the twenty fourth today, and people who have been good will soon get things, and those who haven’t will get a lump of coal. Given enough pressure that coal could become a diamond. At such a time it’s interesting to take stock of how productive, or unproductive the year has been.…

  • As the embers of the fire die down

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s over, Christmas is disappearing into a pile of ashes as the last pieces of wood are combusted into nothing more than ashes. tomorrow those ashes will be fertilizing the garden. It’s been a quiet Christmas day, nothing extraordinary to write about

  • The night before Christmas

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s the night before Christmas day and it’s been relaxed. With the thermal inversion it’s easy to get above the clouds, simply get in a car and go to the mountains and you’ll get a nice view of the sunshine. We went to the vallée de Joux and that’s where you…