We got a new mattress yesterday, which was long overdue. We’ve only slept on it for one night, but it was blissfully comfortable. We really should have done this earlier…

Coco, 2017 - ★★★★★: micro.rousette.org.uk/2018/06/03/coc…

I got some very itchy insect bites on my fingers while I was in Cameroon. These stopped itching when I got back, but now - a week later - they are itching again with a vengeance. I tiny part of me worries that it might be a mango fly larva. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylobi…

I don’t know who these highly organised people are who have already booked up their holiday for September, but I’m irritated that they got there before me. Consequently, we’re off to the far West coast of the UK this year. Pembrokeshire ahoy!

Interstellar, 2014 - ★★★★★: micro.rousette.org.uk/2018/06/10/int…

Black Panther, 2018 - ★★★★★: micro.rousette.org.uk/2018/06/16/bla…

I’ve got Roon set up now, and it’s amazing. I’m running Roon Rock on an Intel NUC (hooked into my hifi via a DAC), and old Squeezeboxes upstairs as endpoints. Everything sounds superb 🎶 roonlabs.com

On a related note, I am remembering how much I love this album. Sublime.

Bella

I’ve written about setting up the Roon music player with my system. d.pr/SavXeJ

And thanks jack for mentioning Roon to me! I’m not sure that I would have come across it otherwise.

The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie - ★★★★★: micro.rousette.org.uk/2018/06/24/the…

This morning’s listening. I hadn’t heard of Olivia Chaney before, but this is a beautiful album.

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I’ve just got back from a 9 day work trip to Indonesia. I took this on the last leg, from Amsterdam to Birmingham. The slightly dreamy feel summed up how I felt in the throes of travel-induced exhaustion.

Lady Bird, 2017 - ★★★★: micro.rousette.org.uk/2018/07/28/lad…

New post: How to cross the road. In which I speculate on safe road-crossing techniques in Indonesia. More fun than it sounds! d.pr/z2AFBl

Iceman, 2017 - ★★★½: micro.rousette.org.uk/2018/07/29/ice…

I’ve just had to rescue a sparrow from Bianca. This isn’t something I ever thought I would have to do with our indoor cats. Somehow the bird got indoors instead.

5 of 5 stars to Tombland by C.J. Sansom goodreads.com/review/show?id…