Senses working overtime #357

1 Time for yourself is crucial

Photo by Malvestida on Unsplash

The Guardian advocates 20 minutes a day.

2 Why has Putin invaded Ukraine and what does he want?

3 Zelensky

4 What makes a great opening line?

5 Ninety per cent of your worries are optional

Overtime: You say "Yes" and you never do it.

Overtime: 

You are in the present moment. The present moment seems like a little dot. But that dot carries the human history of past present and future and all of the people and things you love.

Yoko Ono.

Senses working overtime #344

1 Ghost Signs

They are still to be found in London.

2  The sublime spectacle of Yoko in Get Back

John, Paul, George and Ringo, and Yoko.

 

3 The year in vibes - Kyle Chayka  

"Maybe we used the word (vibe) so much because 2021 itself has offered an unplaceable vibe. It is a year that feels as though it does and does not exist, a hangover from the depths of terror in 2020 that provides a significant improvement and yet remains vacuous and unstable".

4 The 50 best albums of 2021 

#1 according to Pitchfork

I own none of these albums, nor I have heard any of them - even Adele's. And I call myself a music fan. 

In a year when I bought a huge number of records, this tells me I am completely out of touch with popular music in 2021 (but that's not news - I have been for the last twenty years).

I will make an effort to listen to some of these in the next few weeks.

5 Mel Brookes

 

Overtime: How we became weekly

This one is apposite as Jewels For The Thirsty is my own artificial weekly contruction - this one is my 344th edition. 

It neatly marks my end of a week. and the start of a new round for my other blogs.