Author: martinjamesphd
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Who needs a gym?
It’s that time of year when you’ve got a lot of work to do outdoors, whether you like it or not. It so happens I like it a great deal, my contract of employment says I work 7 hours a day so I should have an hour or two to get the garden summer ready,…
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Little green friends
It’s been a bad 12 months for everyone. At risk of sounding insensitive I had a “good” (albeit only in a very relative sense) first 6 months of the Covid era but the last 6 months have been miserable, mainly because of my job change. More money is great but it has its limits for…
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BBC Interview
My day job is to design and deliver classes on work and organisation and I enjoy this a great deal. In my eyes work is fascinating because so much of human life, meaning, identity and status is connected to work. We often spend more time “at work” than we do with our families, we may…
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Cheeky rabbit
In the last year my cat has gradually moved into my office, making it his primary bedroom. He’ll occasionally wake up and demand attention, food or water but he’s well behaved for the most part. Here’s a sleepy fight with my TV remote, a pretty typical respite from homeworking.
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Blossom
My cherry tree has been in the ground for a few years now. It produced its first two cherries last year and I felt like one of life’s big winners. 😍🍒 The adult trees in the no man’s land over my fence are coming to life too. My cat waits for me in a shroud…
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My usual cycling lanes just named amongst “top 5 rides in the UK”
It speaks volumes about how you take what is in your own backyard for granted, although I daresay I’m less guilty than most. I have ridden these roads 100s of times, especially when I worked in Stratford. Can’t wait to get back out there 🚴
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Practicing what I preach
I bought a couple of bottles of this award winning Champagne at Morrisons when they dropped the price from £18 to £14. This weekend they dropped it again to £9.99 so I bought 5 yesterday (all their stock in store) and another 10 today. 🍾 It’s not spending money it’s saving money if you think…
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Finger on the pulse, answering life’s big questions
I know what you’ve all been thinking during the pandemic, where is the best place to buy wine!? Okay, maybe you were momentarily caught up with other concerns but now might be a good time to regain some perspective. So where is the UK’s wine buyer’s hot spot? Well brace yourself for a contrarian answer:…
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Back to front
Your front stage is only as good as your backstage allows it to be. Over time both are being upgraded in my home. Here’s the new look airing cupboard and my new recycling container for the kitchen. I’ve “upcycled” the old one which unfortunately, the cat enjoyed stropping. It now houses gardening tools in the…
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Living Room update
It won’t be finished until the curtains are up, and the silk hasn’t even been ordered yet! Here’s a few pics at the 90% done point 🙂😍
Dr Martin James 