Martyn OffordApr 13, 20202 min readApril 13th Touching up the Garden Nudes(Well the template does say to put a 'catchy title') Rose early in order to sneak up on the B&Q on-line delivery service under cover of...
Martyn OffordApr 12, 20202 min readApril 12th Easter DayShortly after 8am Deirdre and I arrived at Crich Stand, where in the past we have celebrated Easter morning with a Communion. We did...
Martyn OffordApr 11, 20204 min readApril 11th Happy Birthday to MeI suppose about a third of the population will have birthdays during the lockdown, some significant ones with 0s in them. Many of them...
Martyn OffordApr 10, 20203 min readApril 10th Good Friday - Sounds of SilenceRestrictions on movement have meant a diminution of sound. It's not silence, but the lack of planes, cars and crowds has heightened the...
Martyn OffordApr 9, 20202 min readApril 9th Maundy Thursday - Folkie and FitAll the great institutions of the Arts are now reaching into audience's homes to help dispel the gloom of isolation. Foremost in the...
Martyn OffordApr 8, 20202 min readApril 8th Lessons in Apathy and VulnerabilityI turned the news on this morning in the sincere hope that Boris was getting better, if only so I could start disliking him again. A...
Martyn OffordApr 7, 20203 min readApril 7th A Conversation PieceI think today was the day my whole life has been leading up to: sitting in the garden dozing and reading a book without any sense that I...
Martyn OffordApr 6, 20203 min readApril 6th A BitFitInnumerable film makers, poets, novelists and memoire writers from Johnny Cash to Oscar Wilde have presented images of incarceration and...
Martyn OffordApr 5, 20203 min readApril 5th What Are Days For?Before time began, at least that's how it feels, I did the Myers-Briggs personality test. On the Introvert - Extrovert axis I came about...
Martyn OffordApr 4, 20202 min readApril 4th One Beat BehindSome of us from St.Mary's Church have been reading John's Gospel leading up to Easter. To take a verse out of context, Jesus says that...
Martyn OffordApr 3, 20203 min readApril 3rd Plaudits and PigeonsAt 17.40 this afternoon a flight from Cincinatti to East Midlands flew over Crich. I only noted it because it's a long time since I had...
Martyn OffordApr 2, 20203 min readApril 2nd - Matters of WeightMany years ago a friend lent us a small cabin cruiser and we spent a few days cruising on the Thames. This was not a holiday of rushing...
Martyn OffordApr 1, 20202 min readApril 1st - Bins and BlessingsIn the movies prisoners mark off the days with six vertical lines and a diagonal line crossing them off - another week of your sentence...
Martyn OffordMar 30, 20203 min readTwelve Weeks Unfolding March 30th 2020Now is the time time to get my head adjusted to being 'vulnerable' and 'at risk'. No excuses now for not confronting the impasses: first...
