January 2010

Ah, at last, the latest doings of Master Shardlake...

Saturday 2nd January

the crook-backed lawyer in Henry VIII's reign so wonderfully written by C.J.Sansom. 'Revelation' jumped off the library shelf this afternoon and 40 pages in I'm immersed in the fevered London of 1543.

2010 will be a good year!

Saturday 2nd January

I believe this. There's a strong element of it couldn't be worse than last year, of course, in that my wife and our youngest daughter both endured health crises that were scary as hell. But that was then and this is now, and I believe this is going to be a good year.

I choose joy.

Saturday 2nd January

I don't know ... maybe as I get older I realize how fleeing life is. I find myself shying away from discussions of politics, wars, and conspiracies. Is it naivety? Maybe. Or perhaps it's simply that I've seen so many things come full circle that I don't understand the point in arguing about them...

Happy New Year; it's resolution time

Friday 1st January

As I ponder resolutions which seem so easily broken, I set myself a new tack.

What if, instead of a huge resolution list, I were to select one thing, one small thing to improve daily for a month. Given the short time limit, even I could achieve such a goal. It takes away the-endless-...