2026
10 am. Just sat down at my computer desk. It’s a bright, sunny morning, already warming up out there. It’s looking like another lovely afternoon. I have a dental appointment at 11.20 today. Just a routine check-up, but they’ll try to sell me a private hygienist session for almost £100.
So many people, stuck in their phones, in their virtual worlds, who miss the real world going by them… I think it’s sad.
I often read about how people are stuck in their teenage years when it comes to music. Well, I like all kinds of music, and right now I’m listening to Ben Webster & Associates’ 1959 session recording. I’ve not heard it before, and it’s the year I was born. I’m always interested in new music - new to me or new recordings, that is…
I woke up early, made coffee, took it back to bed, and read blogs on my iPad for a while. It’s a nice sunny morning here, and the temperature is climbing too, so it should be a pleasant, warm afternoon.
I was sitting in the garden, busy reading and writing on my MacBook. I realised that the sun was going down, but I got engrossed in what I was doing, and when I looked up, it was completely dark. I miss the long light summer evenings already!
Meanwhile, the likes of Reform UK bleat that benefit scroungers are costing a huge amount of money, but a large share of that money is the subsidy to corporate profits I mentioned in my last post. Many people getting Government top-ups are hard-working, not sitting about doing nothing all day.
When corporates pay their staff shit wages, and these staff then have to get Government top-ups, we, the taxpayers, are funding these corporates’ profits. So the millionaires become billionaires, and the workers making them that money get poorer.
More Afternoon Listening:
Anthony Wilson - Savivity. Recorded as a trio, this album dates from 2005. I purchased it as a digital download.