FIRST CUP OF TEA

We don't seek answers as we ponder over our first cuppa - it's enough that we like playing with the questions. ☕

FIRST CUP OF TEA

One freshly-washed favourite tea mug shows faint signs of tannin stains on the inside.

Or maybe it's a mishmash of memories from past first cups that gathers to remind me? ☕

FIRST CUP OF TEA

Most people wanted to be astronauts when they grew up, or footballers or ballet dancers (I knew one lad who wanted to be all 3)

I always wanted to be a tea taster. And here I am - tasting tea. Much more relaxing than pirouetting around Wembley in a spacesuit! ☕

FIRST CUP OF TEA

The brain's a wonderful thing, billions of cells and neurons capable of millions of computations a second - yet all I can think of over this first cuppa is whether my good jeans have been washed or not. 🤔🧠👖☕🤯

FIRST CUP OF TEA

The impermanence of the present meets the constance of the memory, and somewhere between the two do I sip. ☕

THE BOOK OF TIME

Time's the only book that's written by everyone you've ever met and everyone you'll ever meet. Some say the ending's unwritten. Some say there's an unreliable narrator at work. Me, I just enjoy the words at every turn of the page. Remember, even those minor characters matter.

FIRST CUP OF TEA

Bobbing about on Lake Ponder.

FIRST CUP OF TEA

Who is April Fools and why does she have her own special day. 🤔☕