I stenoed my chapter on cameras this morning, knowing I only had time for either the blog or the chapter before work, and took the photo on my way to work. I knew I wouldn’t get both written before work, even though I didn’t have to leave home until 10 am. In the photo, which […]
Day 13. Writing chapter 15 of 40 Patches Read More »
Mix tapes. I think everyone who has ever made or received a mix tape will have happy memories of them. Having both made and received mix tapes, however great and quick and easy a modern digital playlist is, the digital version will never hold the magic of a cassette tape with varied-quality recordings, the occasional
Day 12. Writing chapter 14 of 40 Patches Read More »
Two days of work, a beach day, a tax return and a funeral; I am finally ready for chapter 13. As chapter 11, Brut aftershave, was kind of based around my dad, 12, lemon layer pudding, on my mum, 13 is going to be on the kind of friends that children don’t really have anymore,
Day 11. Writing chapter 13 of 40 Patches Read More »
Turned out I had a lot more to say about Brut and perfumes than I expected in chapter 11. As I rarely wear perfume and have minimal interest in perfumes, beyond some stories around my dad’s Brut aftershave I hadn’t thought there was a huge amount to say pertinent to memories based around perfume. I
Day 10. Writing chapter 12 of 40 Patches Read More »
I spent a long time choosing the ten patches/memory triggers for each of my decades. Choosing the 11-20 years came the quickest and, as I look at the list now, half the items are from the later years of my second decade and are far less general and seem more exciting and easier to recall
Day 9. Writing chapter 11 of 40 Read More »
The temptation to complete chapter 10, a quarter-ish of my story, is niggling me and I may otherwise not be able to steno another chapter until Tuesday. This morning, I did as I said I would, I wrote the blog, went for coffee and to buy bread, then made half a picnic, drove out to
Day 8 again. Writing chapter 10 of 40 patches Read More »
