Monthly Archives: September 2025

Change of Season Stuff

Posted on September 16, 2025 by nicdempsey

I am not a person who enjoys autumn and I tend to act very negatively when people talk about enjoying each season as it is. Look I would enjoy winter much more if it wasn’t so fucking dark for so … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Just the worst news

Posted on September 15, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! 1. Last week we finally got Ma an NHS appointment for her brain issues. The dr was lovely and confirmed a progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) diagnosis. The doctor didn’t sugar coat it for us, movement, balance, vision, speech, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Sunday Kind of Love – Ella Fitzgerald

Posted on September 14, 2025 by nicdempsey

I’ve been at Mum’s quite a lot during the week and at 10am she switches over to Radio 3. I do not understand this but it is her house! Something was playing and it was Ella and I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Recommended: Phone and Watch Charger

Posted on September 13, 2025 by nicdempsey

For 2025 I got an Apple watch, it’s great but it needs charging far more than my old fitbit did. I have a cable for my watch and my phone, but I was getting tired of the mess of them … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: I Just Can’t with the News Right Now

Posted on September 12, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This is the worst personal news of my week. (it’s not but I’m British and I’m going to make a mountain out of this to avoid what’s actually happening!) Melvyn Bragg steps down from Radio 4’s In Our … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Three and a Half Hours

Posted on September 10, 2025 by nicdempsey

I got four hours on the plot this weekend. About half an hour of that was spent chatting. Time on the plot is going to be limited in the next while so I knew I wanted to tidy up the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Autumnal

Posted on September 8, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!

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Sunday Music: Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth

Posted on September 7, 2025 by nicdempsey

I am the child of one wannabe hippy…(it was never my mother!) and at some point the old becomes relevant for the new and this just seems like a very apt song for the times…

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Food Prep: Caring for Mum Edition

Posted on September 4, 2025 by nicdempsey

My mum has stopped being able to cook, it’s a combination of osteoarthritis in her hands and the increasing frailty, she currently has carers come in twice a day but they will only microwave meals. Ma’s preferred food solutions to … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: In which I take time off to sort out the plot and don’t

Posted on September 3, 2025 by nicdempsey

I really don’t want this space to be all about what is going on with my mum, although obviously, it is a huge thing in my life right now and potentially for a while to come. I have been saying … Continue reading →

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