Quotidian Things https://www.quotidianthings.com/ en Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:55:23 +0000 https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/11/12/out-and-about.html Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:55:23 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/11/12/out-and-about.html <p>Out and about, in full colour</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/4f1e12272a.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt=""> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/09/07/currently-reading-so.html Thu, 07 Sep 2023 02:28:22 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/09/07/currently-reading-so.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780349415864">So Good They Can&rsquo;t Ignore You</a> by Cal Newport πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/08/03/currently-reading-prisoners.html Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:40:33 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/08/03/currently-reading-prisoners.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781501121470">Prisoners of Geography</a> by Tim Marshall πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/07/24/finished-reading-magna.html Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:40:09 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/07/24/finished-reading-magna.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780698186422">Magna Carta</a> by Dan Jones πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/07/11/joy.html Tue, 11 Jul 2023 05:57:29 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/07/11/joy.html <p>Joy</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/image.jpg" width="527" height="600" alt=""> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/07/06/finished-reading-what.html Thu, 06 Jul 2023 06:07:43 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/07/06/finished-reading-what.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780674237377">What Stars Are Made Of</a> by Donovan Moore πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/06/27/deeply-emotive-football.html Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:32:04 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/06/27/deeply-emotive-football.html <p>Deeply emotive Football Weekly pod with Troy Townsend | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2023/jun/27/the-life-and-times-of-troy-townsend-football-weekly-podcast">Life and Times of Troy Townsend</a></p> Noticing Your Noticing - Poetry Unbound https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/06/19/noticing-your-noticing.html Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:14:31 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/06/19/noticing-your-noticing.html <p>You will notice that you’re noticing/ You will wonder whether you have spent your whole life unaware of your longing/ trapped in thistle and barbed wire | Always especially thrilled when a poet of African/ Nigerian heritage is featured on Poetry Unbound. <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/selina-nwulu-replay/">This</a> by <a href="https://www.selinanwulu.com/">Selina Nwulu</a> is a real belter</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/06/10/finished-reading-small.html Sat, 10 Jun 2023 10:36:44 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/06/10/finished-reading-small.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781914518096">Small by Small</a> by Ike Anya πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/28/currently-reading-bad.html Sun, 28 May 2023 02:35:05 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/28/currently-reading-bad.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780771035760">Bad Science</a> by Ben Goldacre πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/23/poetry-unbound-returns.html Tue, 23 May 2023 09:33:20 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/23/poetry-unbound-returns.html <p><a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/">Poetry Unbound</a> returns with a belter: Safia Elhillo&rsquo;s <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/safia-elhillo-ode-to-my-homegirls/">&ldquo;Ode to my Homegirls</a>, a wonderful exploration of the essential quality of true friendship. Being There!</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/22/finished-reading-a.html Mon, 22 May 2023 08:50:16 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/22/finished-reading-a.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781911115496">A Stranger&rsquo;s Pose</a> by Emmanuel Iduma πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/20/out.html Sat, 20 May 2023 13:50:09 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/20/out.html <p>Out.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/a0597c6d74.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt=""> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/20/a-short-but.html Sat, 20 May 2023 05:34:36 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/20/a-short-but.html <p>A short but touching tribute to the recently deceased Tim Keller amongst other things by David Perrell | <a href="https://ckarchive.com/b/xmuph6hrwozdr?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Friday+Finds+%28Tim+Keller%29%20-%2010812193">Friday Finds</a></p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/18/finished-reading-the.html Thu, 18 May 2023 16:54:27 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/18/finished-reading-the.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780593535097">The Last Colony</a> by Philippe Sands πŸ“š</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/18/finished-reading-in.html Thu, 18 May 2023 02:56:52 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/18/finished-reading-in.html <p>Finished reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9781632866882">In Gratitude</a> by Jenny Diski πŸ“š</p> A different Mother's Day https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/15/a-different-mothers.html Mon, 15 May 2023 09:03:25 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/15/a-different-mothers.html <p>From <a href="https://www.cassandrapages.com/the_cassandra_pages/2023/05/on-not-being-a-mother.html">The Cassandra Pages</a> | In this era of recognizing gender and sexual diversity, I think we also need to recognize that there is not one, but a multitude of ways in which the fundamental relationship of &ldquo;Mother&rdquo; and &ldquo;Child&rdquo; exists, and that while the idealized one may still be in the majority, it is not at all true or descriptive for a great many people &ndash; so, please, be gentle and aware as we celebrate Mother&rsquo;s Day.</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/07/pottering-about-the.html Sun, 07 May 2023 07:53:21 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/07/pottering-about-the.html <p>Pottering about the City Centre #GreysMonument</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/a02a21bea3.jpg" width="500" height="600" alt=""> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/05/waiting-on-the.html Fri, 05 May 2023 06:57:55 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/05/waiting-on-the.html <p>Waiting on the grub..</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/27c47aa53f.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt=""> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/05/02/birdie-on-deck.html Tue, 02 May 2023 12:30:56 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/05/02/birdie-on-deck.html <p>Birdie on deck</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/46a8b21eec.jpg" width="522" height="600" alt=""> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/04/28/ducks-on-the.html Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:08:58 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/04/28/ducks-on-the.html <p>Ducks on the river #SpringTime</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/3db19154ca.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt=""> 5 from 6... https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/04/28/from.html Fri, 28 Apr 2023 06:24:03 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/04/28/from.html <p>What we have instead here is planned, targeted, brilliantly enacted success. Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world. Therefore we will buy not just Pep Guardiola, but the conditions that make Pep Guardiola work, an entire Pep Guardiola habitat. We will buy the strongest squad. There will be no variables here, just billionaire-backed certainties.. | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/barneyronay">Barney Ronay</a> on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/27/manchester-citys-perfection-is-laced-with-coldness-and-unease?CMP=share_btn_tw">City&rsquo;s latest procession to the title</a></p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/04/25/stumbling-upon-ms.html Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:18:37 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/04/25/stumbling-upon-ms.html <p>Stumbling upon Ms Adichie&rsquo;s New Yorker Essay, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/notes-on-grief">Notes on Grief</a> touched a sore nerve and took me way back to 2014: <a href="https://therustgeek.me/2014/08/13/the-way-the-world-ends-on-loss-and-lostness/">losing H</a>, and the sense of being seen in reading Colm TΓ³ibΓ­n&rsquo;s Guardian Essay - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/02/colm-toibin-literature-of-grief">The Literature of Grief</a></p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/04/22/currently-reading-fantastic.html Sat, 22 Apr 2023 07:39:35 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/04/22/currently-reading-fantastic.html <p>Currently reading: <a href="https://micro.blog/books/9780374600570">Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them</a> by Antonio Padilla πŸ“š | Bonus points for being a fellow Liverpool FC supporter :)</p> https://www.quotidianthings.com/2023/04/21/fleeing-back-home.html Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:14:38 +0000 http://therustgeek.micro.blog/2023/04/21/fleeing-back-home.html <p>Fleeing back home.. An idea, it seems, everyone and their dog had</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/103381/2023/7a261d4437.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="">