This summer......

......I have felt very much alive....

...... I have slept....

...... I have found my own little secret path to being happier....

...... I have had some odd little health nasties....

......I have seen something akin to a massive, fuck-off black cat running at full pelt across the hills in Sonning

...... I have realised that just because someone is special to you does not mean they are especially special....

...... I have been drunk as a lord....

...... I have pondered for hours....

......I have been in the same room as a real life Sloth....

...... I have had manna from Heaven....

...... I have felt older....

......I have been full of self doubt....

......I have laughed like a drain....

......I have had amazing sex....

......I have signed on the dole for the first time in my life....

......I have had cause to be grateful....

......I have been absorbed with music....

......I have realised that I will never be an accomplished guitar player....

......I have read 'I Claudius'....

......I have taken someone's breath away....

......I have written a short story....