Thoughts on life, productivity, books, travel, writing, music, photography, and fragrance
I spent a few months living in Drefach Felindre — a lovely village nestled in the wilds of west Carmarthenshire, about half an hour from Carmarthen and Cardigan. To get there from Carmarthen you take A484 north west through the […]
Back in April 2016, I led a Meetup.com walking group on a circular route starting from Carreg Cennen Castle car park, through countryside and up onto the edge of the Brecon Beacons before heading back down to the base of […]
There is no possible way I could say I’m in a creative funk at the moment. No, I suffer from the opposite in that I’ve got so many ideas, so many things on the go, and so little time to […]
I bought a Lenovo X250 laptop, refurbished with Windows 11 off eBay last year. It all seemed fine. I added an internal battery, and a high capacity removable battery to give it as much life as possible from a single […]
This is a throwback to Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais in 2020 and looks quite different now due to the Persimmon Maes Y Rhos development which now stands where those vehicles are parked. Another example of how there can be so much […]
I’m in book-highlighting heaven with Clippings.io As a voracious reader of ebooks, I’ve found immense value in highlighting passages of interest when I’m reading. Highlighting passages allows me to collect bits of information that I want to reflect on, explore […]
September shot by in a flash. Life is just so insanely busy at the moment due to several factors — my two-year old waking early in the morning, my partner having major surgery, and the day job just isn’t getting […]
Right now it feels like summer has departed, and autumn is having a crack at the year early. Horse chestnut leaves are already on the turn, and that familiar morning chill is back. I noticed the sun trying to make […]
It’s utterly insane what good results you can get from phone cameras now. The Sony Xperia 5 MkV can shoot RAW. This means you have what the sensor picks up, not the way the software wants to resolve that in […]
From the start of the year, I switch out my winter fragrance choices for much crisper, fresher fragrances – citruses, fougeres. This trend continues up until June when the skies turn a bit overcast and I like to feel cosy. […]