This Evening’s Listening
Judith Owen - Happy This Way
Coffee & Cake
Having my lunch break. It’s dry outside, although it’s rather chilly at only 42°F
#BoxingDay
Christmas Eve
After a quick trip to the local shops, at the end of the street, and a quick breakfast, we got home and stayed there! The current temperature is 40°F, but a nor-easter is making it feel like 27°. It’s dark by 4 pm in any case!
Some music listening, a pork stir-fry for dinner, and some time spent updating a couple of WordPress sites have been my activities for the afternoon.
Here’s a photograph I took yesterday at Paddington Station.
A Rare Treat
Once upon a time, these were a regular thing, but these days, I only seem to have them at Christmas!
This Morning's Listening
Sad & Beautiful World from Mavis Staples, the last surviving member of the Staple Singers, who started out in 1950. Mavis is 86, but you wouldn’t think so, when you listen to her singing.
Cold And Dark
There is a coating of frost on the cars parked in the street. It’s still dark after 7am. The temperature is just edging 40°F.
I’m waiting for the bus to work. I am not relishing the day ahead.
A Nothing Day
it was a nothing kind of day today. I got up at just after five and went to work and got home around 3 pm and then I eat my sandwiches that I didn’t eat earlier and had a cup of coffee and across a beer and listen to some music and they went to bed and that was it really.
The highlight of my day was probably the chocolate cake I had on my morning break.
Injection And Beer
No, not an injection OF beer!
I didn’t sleep too well. Kathy was snoring quite a lot during the night. I got up around eight, made coffee and had some of the Dorset Cereals nutty granola.
I got myself ready and took an Uber to West Middlesex Hospital. My appointment was at 11.00, and I was there by 10.40. I had a CT scan and a steroid injection. I have a condition called Bursitis. I got seen promptly and got an Uber back home, getting indoors about 11.40.
Then I went to The Queen’s Head as the Internet was out at home. I had a couple of beers and some Chicken Tikka Tacos for lunch.
Roon Library
My Roon library has been growing somewhat, what with adding a fair amount of audio from both Tidal and Qobuz, ripping CDs, and adding hi-res audio purchases.
I’ve edged past 42K files in over 3,600 albums so I’ll finish the year with plenty to listen to.
My scrobbling has exploded this year, as Roon will scrobble pretty much all the music I play, unlike other services. I still play mixes from SoundCloud and MixCloud, which aren’t added in, but I don’t know any way around that. Vinyl plays aren’t scrobbled either. It’s good to have a better record of one’s listening habits and pleasures, though.