3 Good Things for 1 August 2026
🌧️ The outdoor sofa cushions were too wet to sit in this morning. Given how little rain we’ve had this was a good thing.
😠 My family who put up with me being a grumpy bugger all day for no good reason.
😊 I have cheered up a bit this evening.
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Books
Here are some books I read recently
- 📚Howards End by E M Forster (Aug 2026)
- 📚Love Lane by Patrick Gale (Jul 2026)
- 📚Beloved by Toni Morrison (Jul 2026)
- 📚The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon (Jul 2026)
- 📚What We Cannot Know by Marcus du Sautoy (Jul 2026)
- 📚The Killing Time by Elly Griffiths (Jul 2026)
- 📚A Family Romance by Anita Brookner (Jun 2026)
- 📚Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville (Jun 2026)
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Other book pages are my 🔖Five Book Club and ❓Not Actually Series.
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I'm creating photo posts on the site (mostly by importing them back from Instagram).
Canalside Trail (Aug 2026)Plus all 654 photoposts can be found
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