Sketch Friday 3rd September 2021

The virus keeps giving and I am still deeply knackered.

Boring.

I am doing afternoon naps.

For real.

Like a giant toddler.

I get wrapped up in my duvet and everything.

I am doing a tiny walk each morning.

My friend lost his lovely and brilliant wife to cancer this week. I have been thinking about him and her a lot.

Sending love every day.

Hoping that the love lands.

It has been such a tough summer for so many lovely people I know.

I’ve been thinking about resilience and what that is made of? Where it comes from. How do we go on?

Because we do.

Somehow.

I’ve been doing limited portions of work each day.

I watch telly.

I love telly.

Thank fuck for telly.

Also

I’ve been thinking.

I am thinking.

I am biding my time.

Like a super villain.

Ha ha ha ha ah ha.

But hopefully with none of the super villain bad habits. Like megalomania, narcissism, super weapons, and an all round bad egg attitude.

None of these things can of course be guaranteed.

This week, Lara Darling continued to cheat at the cat feeder puzzle game. Greedy. But here we are.

My boss at The Writing Squad, Steve D, was brilliant and generous and gave me brilliant and generous advice.

My agent Meg, listened and was brilliant and generous and gave me brilliant and generous advice.

I had some feedback on the play I’m writing that made me punch the air (but also think a ton too). Once I’m well there is work to do and I’m excited.

I got some surprise get well zines and cards from my lovely friends Maddy and Maria. Separatly. But they arrived on the same day. And they really made my day.

On one of my little walks I saw the cygnets have got huge while I’ve been away from the canal.

Janey made me get well scones. They were a treat.

I did a zoom reflection with Deborah from Theatre Blah Blah Blah and managed to talk coherently for a little while and it was fab. Watch out my friends. The Guerrilla Gardening show we’ve been RnDing is shaping up to be something very special. And is coming in 2022. And I’m excited.

I spent time looking at the pylons and getting a thrill I haden’t seen them up close for ages. I love them against the summer blue sky. They are so beautiful and simple. They represent everything that is good about people to me. Utility, cooperation, potential, communication, collaboration, staying power. All for one and one for all. Also I like their geometric fandango too.

I had an inkling that the summer is leaving. I saw my first turmeric coloured leaf.

That’s the news

Love to all