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I was taking Wolfie out for her morning walk (and my morning stone clear). “Good boy,” I said as we walked out the door, before correcting myself, “Sorry, girl.” I am so conscious of upsetting someone about the way they identify that I had apologised to a dog, who probably only has an instinctive understanding of gender (or the fact that she’s a dog) and certainly does not have the requisite understanding of English to be offended. I mean, it’s not a bad thing to be sensitive to people about this kind of stuff and it’s maybe a good thing to apologise to animals too, just in case. But if I am honest this seems like a waste of words and an indication that I am a ridiculous idiot.
To be fair though I have arrived at the age where I am getting names wrong and going through a list of every person and animal before hitting on the right name. I used to laugh at my grandparents and parents for this and now here I am. My brain slowly rotting to the extent that I think my son might be called Wolfie… ah well. I had a nice run.
More tidying today and more incompetent furniture moving as I tried to get the RHLSTP upstairs and round a tight corner in the stairs. I only scraped the wall a couple of times and didn’t seriously damage the chairs, though one was a bit stuck for a while and I thought it might be a repeat of my sofa moving drama of 2012.
I recorded a late night Stone Clearing podcast tonight (well at 6.15pm, but it was dark). After the sparks and successes of the last one I was hoping for more revelations in the gloom, but without giving too many spoilers, it didn’t go as well. In hindsight the cloud cover meant the stones were too hidden from view, even with my torch. And yet I learned some valuable lessons about hubris and humility. I so wanted everyone to be impressed and know the thrill of transgression deep into the stone ocean under the cloak of night and for them to hear me excited as sparks flew off the cairn (even though they wouldn’t see them and I could just pretend) and hit an emotional low...t think you will enjoy it. It’s out on Monday morning.
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