• my diary

    all work and no play…

    I’m (finally) back! And what a relief it is, even if it has meant needing to get out of bed before midday. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks and lovely to see some friendly faces unadorned by masks – as somebody who takes lipreading for granted every time I’m called upon to function anywhere with more background noise than…

  • my diary

    guess who’s back…

    Well even here in Scarborough, it’s summer – I know this because yesterday I went outdoors without a cardigan, or at least without one on it was in my bag. When (and how) did that happen? The upcoming Bank Holiday weekend promises to pan out exactly the same way as every other Bank Holiday weekend here only with more shit…

  • my diary

    mayday!

    And so it continues, although the very welcome email from HMRC with details of the finally-upcoming SEISS grants announced a few weeks back brightened my day up no end (the online tool for anybody who wants to check eligibility for themselves is here, btw). Living with nothing coming in and no idea when there may next be anything coming in…