Category Archives: How I Live

Monday Miscellany: Intermittently Productive

Posted on June 9, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Full disclosure, I’m writing this on Sunday night, I have no idea if Monday will actually be happy but it is my fervent hope that it will be for me and for anyone reading this… So last week … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: June

Posted on June 2, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! We are at the midpoint of the year and I am eating strawberries that I grew for breakfast. Forget Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year is now! The last week of May was not epic, the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Hayfever Season

Posted on May 12, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Working from home has spoiled me, this week I was in the office for three days last week and it was tiring! It was also productive and rewarding to be in the office and spend time with the … Continue reading →

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Miscellany: Bank Holiday

Posted on May 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Tuesday! Yesterday was the first May Bank Holiday, last week, we had ridiculous weather for the end of April but it got cooler over the weekend. English weather! On Monday, I potted some tomatoes and then went to a … Continue reading →

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The Last Month of Spring

Posted on May 1, 2025 by nicdempsey

I made no plans for 2025, if I had chosen a word or phrase for the year it would probably have been ‘keep up’. It takes me a while to change and adjust to new things and that’s what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Post Easter

Posted on April 28, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I took the week before Easter off work and so last week only worked three days. It was good to have a break and catch up on some life admin. I had a hospital appointment and an eye … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: COVID Recovery

Posted on April 7, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! The a couple of weeks ago, I attended a team training day in Canary Wharf. It was interesting, the morning was run by Mark Hunter, an ex Olympic rower (they’re always rowers) it involved a new commute on … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Strong Start

Posted on March 10, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s been the most glorious couple of days of weather, we’re still only in March so it’s not going to last and according to the Met Office, today is the last day. Those first lovely weather days every … Continue reading →

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Things that help

Posted on March 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the world is currently a bin fire of epic proportions. If we ignore things that are actually on fire. There’s Palestine/Israel/Lebanon, in fact none of the Middle East feels stable, there’s Ukraine and Russia, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Signs of Spring

Posted on March 3, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s March! I’m pretty sure that January was two days ago… We’ve started to get 10 hours of ‘daylight’ every day. It’s still England, so it’s very grey daylight but it has made a difference as I’ve started … Continue reading →

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