Do miss being in the Office – one day a fortnight ago I was in the Office with about 4 other colleagues.

Despite the best efforts of various medical episodes and the lockdown-induced difficulties in getting bookings, I managed to pass my test for a full motorbike licence and then went out and bought myself a shiny new 500cc Honda.It feels like life has been on hold for a year or two and that is not too desirable when you are on the cusp of 60 so realise you don’t have such a large number of years left that you can afford to be wasting them. object + infinitive or - ing Help somebody (to) do Look forward to Stop + -ing form or to-infinitive Verb patterns: verb + infinitive or verb + - ing? We lack intelligence about what is happening in the EU because we don’t have any regular system of meetings with people in Brussels. I love the work, and I love that I learn stuff all the time, both via clients and via loads of CPD courses.

Yeah, pricking a finger (Accu-Chek brand), and the main reason I don’t do it as much is that on days when I work (not WFH) I’m very regular with eating-times and I always cook and bring healthy lunchbox meals so the levels are roughly exactly the same every day, and very stable, so feel no need to check anymore. I’m in discomfort rather than pain, so can’t really complain, although I’m effectively housebound (again). This grand canyon sized oversight concerns me, and I, like, really ought to get round to doing something about it, but work this last year has been the highest volume ever. NI is still just about part of the UK (I have no axe to grind on this matter either way, but I believe that position will change in my lifetime) but of course Covid has wreaked havoc on the musical world – its effects arguably more devastating than on many other sectors.

I marvel as much at the way serious health and life problems are confronted and addressed, as at the intriguing details of complex and varied lives well-lived.