GET BACK

Now that I’m like a parking meter that won’t accept your small change (not working) I’ve been finding it hard to find the weekend. It used to be easy. The weekend was when there were people everywhere, and the weeks were quiet. But everyone’s been everywhere for years now, with COVID. It doesn’t matter what …

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FUTURE TENSE

Our next-door-neighbour, Dr Jill - an actual doctor not a ‘champagne will fix it' doctor - told me our recent COVID booster shots won’t have best effect for a week or two. I was surprised, but taking this medical advice on board we’ve resumed gin instead of gym at this stage. Calling it a ‘booster’ …

TWENTY TWENTY TWO

Welcome back the past. Same as it ever was. We got our booster shots yesterday after walking into a pharmacy up in Annandale. We’d been warned we might have some soreness at the injection site, some muscle pain, perhaps symptoms of a mild cold. None of that happened. Late last night we were swivelling our …