Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Yesterday's happiness experiment - Finland

Evening walk around the coast from the harbour past islands to the cafe where N & I sat one bright midnight

Delivering the first session for Short & Sweet C including hearing the projects for the first time

Salmon soup at the glass cafe by the wheel

Monday, June 04, 2018

Yesterday's happiness experiment entry

Watching 13 Reasons Why on the plane to Helsinki

Talking to Ma about Andrew Lloyd Webber

Listening to Desert Island Discs in taxi to Gran Marina

Sunday, June 03, 2018

Recent Happiness Experiment entries

Sat 2/6/18

Starting a new hardback novel: How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Being asked for fatherly advice by D & Luca

A twilight drink of Spiced Rum & Ginger Ale (my new drink of choice) with U on Pond Square, Highgate

Fri 1/6/18

Good feedback from a Short Form Video course at Channel 4

Lunch with Roger G in Notting Hill - hatching book plan

Last Ulysses seminar of the academic year at Senate House

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Recent Happenings Experiment entries

23/5/18 Wed

Contemplating Gaudi's beautiful La Pedrera during my morning flanage

Morning coffee on a leafy sidestreet reading Sick Puppy

Sight of the Scandinavian palette above Copenhagen

24/5/18 Thurs

Energetic Digital Mindset workshop at YLE

Sitting in the dappled shade of a tree after work at Pasila

Watching Netflix downloads on the plane - The Crown

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Yesterday's Happiness Experiment

Vichy Catalan in a cafe in a Barcelona Square (reading Sick Puppy)

Midnight wander in Gothic Quarter

Dinner with Arnau and various docheads

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Happiness experiment entries

Yesterday

Sailing the Eastern Baltic in front of Helsinki with Vali, Miko & Ritva (eating white fish & mussels) at sundown

Delivering a Crossplatform session at YLE

Remembering the grey MTB my dad used to sail on Whitestone Pond for me

Sunday

Eating liver at the Gran Marina, Helsinki

Reading Sick Puppy across the bed

Arriving in Helsinki again - a place I'm really getting to know

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Finland

population 5.5M
75% covered by trees
188,000 lakes
5.2% speak Swedish
7% of land agricultural
1917 became independent
1995 joined EU
200 MPs

Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Watching the royal wedding of Harry & Meghan with U

Meditating in the bower path in lower St Pancras & Islington cemetery

Reading about Preraphaelites in garden with D & U - summer sunshine Saturday afternoon

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

The Waterboys - Watford Coliseum

30/4/18
Out of All This Blue

Medicine Bowl
1 All She Is **
2 A Girl Like Johnny *
3 Nashville Tennessee

4 Man What a Woman
5 Bang the Drum ** Scott & Wyckham
6 Long Strange Golden Road - Kerouac On The Road recording intro
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Encore:
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END

Santa Fe
If The Answer is Yeah
Morning Came too soon

Nearest thing to Hip

1 Mike Scott
2 Steve Wyckham
3 Brother Paul* - organ
4 Professor Rob - drums
5. Aengus from Dublin - bass
6 Dublin backing singer f
7 Nigerian/German ditto

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Creative Accounting

Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faun - X = theme to Lawrence of Arabia

Phil Lynott - X = Bob Geldof

Friday, March 30, 2018

Star Spots

Mackenzie Crook
28.3.18 East Finchley Station

Mako Vunipola
24.3.18 London Olympic Stadium

Bill Oddie
17.3.18 South End Green cafe

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Saturday, January 06, 2018

Creative Accounting - Stuck

Revolutionary Road (1961) + 1 = Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) + 1 = The Graduate (1963)

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Recent Happiness Experiment

Thurs 23

Watching the clouds blow over against an azure sky (in back garden)

Writing up Cycle of Life proposal - thought up on walk down to bus stop

Deep talk with D

Fri 24

Driving through London at night listening to Any Questions

Lunch with N at Amici including chat with Maurizio

Finishing Reaction Time proposal to round off a productive work week

Friday, November 10, 2017

Happiness Experiment - York

Wed 8

Choral Evensong at York Minster - intercessionary (?) prayers for cathedral visitors

The driving enthusiasm of the Hyde Family Jam busking near The Shambles

Acquiring Osbourne's The Entertainer hardback at Minster Gate second-hand bookshop

Thurs 9

Watching docs at closed Yorkshire Museum at night at Aesthetica Short Film Festival

Evensong at York Minster from the wooden seats by the bossman

Reading in the late afternoon sun outside the Minster - Paper Towns

Thursday, October 05, 2017