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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Notes and links from 13 Sept: notes.peteashton.com/2026/09/13/not… Today was the Birmingham Honey Show at Winterbourne Gardens, which means Winterbourne Gardens is free entry and also there’s honey. Plus one of my […] [Original post on social.coop]

Photograph pointing up through a canopy of leafy branches with the sky visible through gaps.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Notes and links from 7 Sept: notes.peteashton.com/2026/09/07/not… Another rest day. Had a go at fiddling with the water butts and quickly got prickly sweat on my forehead despite doing fuckall really, so hit that on the head […] [Original post on social.coop]

Photo of a green hosepipe draped over a load of wooden panels leaning against a wooden fence.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Have a feeling I’m going to have to declare tab bankruptcy soon.

A screenshot of a list of open tabs in a web browser:

- Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector
- Mug-wump Specific - { feuilleton }
- KARIN BOLENDER: "In a time of great need-starvation, p...
- How to cut off your parents • Buttondown
- Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? | Quanta Magazine
- What's the Point If We Can't Have Fun?
- What If We Never Built Another New Building?
- Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here...
- Neuroplasticity As A Praxis - by Matt Seybold
- Seeing Time - by Kei Kreutler - Artificial Memory
- "The ghosts are fast and they don't turn blue." - Unsung
- Zoomers don't know what Usenet is - by Allegra Rosenberg
- New Lecture Series for the Public: "Hitler and Stalin Today"
- Rebecca Solnit • Diary: Before 1776
- OCCUPY! An Unfinished Uprising - Future Hindsight
- Neoliberalism, noise and hearing the signal
- We're getting the social media crisis wrong
- 'I love provocative stories': producer Christine Vachon on ...
- The long shadow of Argentina's dictatorship: she wasn't...
- How Much Dark Money Is in Professional Philosophy? - B...
- Dinah Birch • Born with a Hitler moustache: How to write ...
- The Jason Arday Reckoning - by Carole Cadwalladr
- Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media - Will Self
- Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour c...

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

In today’s links and notes I wrote a bit about the Lady No-Kids cartoon and some research I did into its author which resulted in finding a lovely blog post about the whole strip. notes.peteashton.com/2026/08/23/not…

A cartoon showing a ordinary looking family of a man, woman, child and baby in a pram looking at Lady No-Kids, a woman in socks and sandals, no trousers, underpants, a jacket and scarf and a top hat and cane. She is looking at goose and the caption reads "Anyway, I'm going to follow this goose for a while and see where I end up."

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

I’ve had six emails like this from different “people” over the last couple of months, according to my spam folder. I have to admit I’m intrigued, not by the prospect of a free piano (my sister and I already have our mum’s old piano which we’re looking to find a […] [Original post on social.coop]

Spam email message reading:
Hello Pete,

Just wanted to reach out again. I wanted to check in regarding the message I sent earlier about the Yamaha piano that belonged to my friend’s late husband. This instrument holds profound sentimental value for her, and she’d love for it to find a new home with someone who will cherish it as much as her late husband did.

If you or anyone you know might be interested, she’d be happy to share more details.

I’d be grateful for any thoughts or connections you might have.

Kind regards,
Ms. Campbell

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

I have invented an irrigation device for soaking the lawn with grey water from the bathroom. It’s a 20 litre container with a small 2mm hole drilled in the lid and another above the handle for air flow. It waters the lawn at a very slow rate that avoids run-off […] [Original post on social.coop]

A 20 litre liquid container on a lawn. It has a tiny hole in the screw lid through which a small stream of water is pouring. The container is about 4/5th full.

Close-up on the lid from the previous picture.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Here they are a week later out in their pen. (But not yet running in the garden. It’s a slow process.) #rabbit #rabbits #rabbitsofmastodon

Nineteen (give or take) rabbits milling around on hay and nibbling leaves in a pen. They are a range of breeds and colours.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Our local #rabbit rescue, Fat Fluffs (www.fatfluffs.com), is also a sanctuary for buns that, for medical or behavioural reasons, cannot be rehomed. They live in a big garden on site and are cared for by staff and volunteers (including us when we wanted […] [Original post on social.coop]

A photograph of nineteen rabbits huddled together in a cage that is just big enough for them to all sit down but not chase each other.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Notes and links from Wed 15 July: notes.peteashton.com/2026/07/15/not… A light pottering day today. Tidied the kitchen a bit. Thought about how much the football commentary annoyed me last night. Didn't do much else. (More at […] [Original post on social.coop]

A ginger and white rabbit is having a good stretch before exiting its litter / feeding tray before I clean it out.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Notes and links from Mon 13 July: notes.peteashton.com/2026/07/13/not… Most of the stuff my PE teachers at secondary school said went right through me as it was irrelevant nonsense, but one thing has stuck with me. I remember one […] [Original post on social.coop]

A photograph of unripe blackberries on a bush in a garden.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

Notes and links from Sat 11 July: notes.peteashton.com/2026/07/11/not… Before the heatwave I ordered a cheap solar powered extractor fan. Today, as the heatwave enters its final stages, the fan arrived. (No problem with the delay […] [Original post on social.coop]

A small solar panel and an extractor fan, similar to those used in a computer towers, are on a garden table in the sun. The table and panel cast a shadow on the lawn.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

Notes and links from Tue 7 July: notes.peteashton.com/2026/07/07/not… When I sat down this evening and opened this document I was surprised to see I hadn't got any links ready for today's post. None whatsoever. I'd sorted out the […] [Original post on social.coop]

Two reddish leaves from an apple tree are contrasted against a deep blue clear sky in the evening sunlight.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

Notes and links from Sun 28 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/28/not… Spent a lovely afternoon in the garden enjoying the cool breeze, at one point considering fetching a hoodie. Madness. Have been thinking about this blog a […] [Original post on social.coop]

Photo of a rabbit taken from directly above. The rabbit is lying diagonally across the image in a bare patch of soil surrounded by grass.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Notes and links from Mon 22 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/22/not… Pre-heatwave day today, so it's hot but it's going to get hotter. Feeling quite tired anyway after yesterday's excursion and have had continuous tinnitus all […] [Original post on social.coop]

A photograph of a deep-red rose. There are small droplets of rain water on the petals.

Four screenshots from the TV show Tip Toe. Man 1: "You watching tonight?" Man 2: "Is that a football question?" Man 1: "Yes." Man 2: "No."

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

Notes and links from Sat 20 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/20/not… Status: Feeling somewhat refreshed today with a curious mind so decided to sit in the garden and clear my browser tabs and in doing so exhausted my capacity […] [Original post on social.coop]

A patch of clover is in focus in the foreground. In the top right of the photo a rabbit is eating it.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Notes and links from Wed 17 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/17/not… Status: The big crash came last night, though it mostly subsided by this afternoon. I’m reluctant to assign a cause: could have been Sunday’s allotmenteering […] [Original post on social.coop]

A view through a round hole in a rabbit hutch through which we can see a wooden platform. On this is a litter tray and hay hopper with a rabbit sitting in the tray. There is hay and poop and fur around the place.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

Notes and links from Tues 16 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/16/not… Status: Psychotherapy today (I used to just call it “therapy” but now I’m having regular occupational therapy it’s getting a bit confusing as to which […] [Original post on social.coop]

Photo of a rabbit from the front. It is hunched up and its ears are flat so it looks a bit weird.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Notes and links from Mon 15 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/15/not… Status: Rest day, but once the usual morning stress-dream trauma passed I was determined not to stay idle so have lightly pottered around the kitchen and […] [Original post on social.coop]

A pure white bindweed flower is contrasted against a mass of green leaves and plants.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Notes and links from Sun 14 June: notes.peteashton.com/2026/06/14/not… Relatively busy day today, though I tried to manage it to prevent a crash. I think I did OK? Will find out tomorrow I guess. First had a visit from a friend […] [Original post on social.coop]

Close-up on an apple tree. A cluster of three red apples are in the foreground.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Notes and links from Fri 29 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/29/not… Did some more writing this afternoon. I appear to writing a short booklet on how to do composting. Not because the world desperately needs another one but it's […] [Original post on social.coop]

A view of the sky framed at the bottom by some trees. The sky is deep blue with what we might call little fluffy clouds all over it.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Notes and links from Tues 26 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/26/not… Second bloody hot day in a row which I mostly spent in the garden reading a book.

Two rabbits are sitting sphinx-like on a lawn in the shade. The one in the foreground has turned its head towards the camera.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Notes and links from Sun 24 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/24/not… Recovery day, as expected, though once I got over the morning terrors I was able to do a bit more reading than is usual post-crash, as evidenced below. Am […] [Original post on social.coop]

Looking up at the sky while under a blue umbrella. The umbrella has dappled sunspots on it. The visible sky is clear blue.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

Notes and links from Fri 22 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/22/not… Rest day, after yesterday’s mild exertions, helped by sunny weather so we’re in the garden in the dome under the giant shade sail. Got a hammock, a beanbag and […] [Original post on social.coop]

A rabbit is sitting in front of a human who is sitting on a beanbag on their laptop. The rabbit has grass in its mouth.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

Notes and links from Thur 21 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/21/not… Big day today. Spent the afternoon at the allotment with Fi and Lucy moving the #compost hexagon and filling it up. We’ve been putting this off for a few […] [Original post on social.coop]

Photograph of some structures on an allotment in front of a tree against a blue sky. The structures are two compost containers - one square, one hexagonal - and a shed.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

Notes and links from Fri 15 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/15/not… So the far-right came back to Stirchley yesterday to put up their flags and when they departed a local man was in hospital. Things have clearly escalated […] [Original post on social.coop]

Close up on a beige cap. A red and white badge saying Reject Fascism is clearly pinned to it.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

Notes and links from Weds 13 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/13/not… The big news today is hedgehog videos. The footage from Monday night was exciting but the footage from last night was astonishing! Our two hogs had a proper […] [Original post on social.coop]

In an unkempt corner of a garden a green wildlife camera is strapped to a whitewashed chimney pot.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Notes and links from Tues 12 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/12/not… We’d heard from neighbours that hedgehogs had been spotted so I put out the trailcam for the first time since the autumn and caught two of the little […] [Original post on social.coop]

A ginger and white rabbit is flopped on a lawn with its rear feet outstretched.

A black and white screenshot of two hedgehogs facing each other in the dark, taken from a UV night vision camera so their eyes are bright white.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

Notes and links from Mon 11 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/11/not… Feeling a bit better today but still pretty low. I tried a couple of tricks to shake me out of it, which usually work when I’m just in a funk, but they didn’t […] [Original post on social.coop]

A cluster of small flowers on a bush that are in the process of blooming. A few on the outside have bloomed while the rest, about 50 or so, are still buds.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

Notes and links from Fri 8 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/08/not… I’ll be honest, today was pretty much spent refreshing the Birmingham council election results and nattering about it on the local chats. I could come to like […] [Original post on social.coop]

A cluster of trees and bushes with one large tree dominating. They all have green leaves now. The sky is overcast.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Notes and links from Thur 7 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/07/not… Did my voting duty. It’s been really weird living in a traditionally ultra-safe Labour ward and for the first time having a viable slate of candidates with no […] [Original post on social.coop]

A ginger and white rabbit is sitting on the ground with its legs tucked in so it looks like a compact loaf of bread. Its eyes are shut and it looks very relaxed. Behind it are some wooden beams and behind that is a black and white rabbit looking at the camera like it's been surprised by something and isn't happy about it.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

Notes and links from Wed 6 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/06/not… Lavander needed a groom today, as you can see in the above photo. Rabbits tend to shed in phases up their bodies, starting at the tail and moving towards the […] [Original post on social.coop]

A black and white rabbit eating grass on a lawn.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

Notes and links from Sat 2 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/02/not… This morning Wally decided to stop eating. Fi took him to vet while I was still asleep because there were some other things she wanted to get checked out. He's […] [Original post on social.coop]

A ginger and white rabbit sitting on a garden lawn. It looks a bit nervous.

Three people are standing in an art gallery. There are photographs on the white walls. The floor is dark grey, the ceiling is open with bright lights.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Notes and links from Fri 1 May: notes.peteashton.com/2026/05/01/not… Feeling a little weary today but not in a hugely problematic way. Had to massage my amygdala into letting me go to the pharmacy which was a successful trip […] [Original post on social.coop]

A corner of our geodesic dome where four of the poles meet a joint which is fixed to a post. A carbina hangs from the joint. Behind is the fence. Everything is painted a shade of green-ish.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

Notes and links from Thurs 30 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/30/not… Went to York Supplies today, the proper old-school hardware and gardening shop in Kings Heath. It was owned by the sort of people you’d want to own a […] [Original post on social.coop]

Photo taken in a scrappy corner of a garden. In the middle and foreground are some branches and twigs lying in medium-tall grass. On the left is a roll of wire mesh, on the right a plastic tunnel structure, in the background a pile of wooden things.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

Notes and links from Sun 26 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/26/not… Got out of the house this afternoon for a “walk” on my scooter with Fi and great-neph M. M called it my ATV which caused some snorts and it’s definitely not […] [Original post on social.coop]

A view of a row of trees through which some industrial buildings can just about be seen, though they look a bit like hills. In front of them is a grassy bank which obscures a river. The sky is also visible and it fairly blue with wisps of cloud.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Notes and links from Friday 24 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/24/not… The post-exertional crash came, but of course it was a bit weird and didn’t make sense. Last night I went to bed feeling OK but just couldn’t get to […] [Original post on social.coop]

A small green outside table on which is a large hardback book called Manwatching, the cover of which is a large human eye with a tiny naked man reflected in the pupil. Also on the table are some glasses, a tea mug, a laptop with a sticker saying Weirdo.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Badges from @jeni arrived this week and they’re splendid. Thanks! Now I just need to get out of the house so other people see them. (Or give them away to friends, which is my main plan.) deliciouscreative.com/badges

A piece of paper with nine 25mm pin badges attached. Three of them say Reject Racism, Reject Fascism and Reject Reform. Two have the trans pride flag. The last four say Fuck AI.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026

Notes and links from Thurs 23 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/23/not… I had a thought about managing the #compost at the allotment so sent it to my sister who suggested we meet up there and have a chat about it. Which […] [Original post on social.coop]

An open compost cage is having half-done compost forked into it. It is pretty full and a pitchfork is throwing more in from the right. In the background is a pollytunnel and other allotment stuff.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

📝+🔗 Notes and links for Wednesday 15 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/15/not… Took a sleeping pill last night because I really didn't fancy another restless night of stress dreams. (I have a handful left from before I […] [Original post on social.coop]

A stack of food on a plate. From the top a fried egg yolk is sitting on a crumpet, which is sitting on the fried egg white on a piece of brown toast. All of this is on a small plate with a knife and fork.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

Notes from Wednesday 8 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/08/not… Felt pretty good, and the weather was gorgeous, so a pottering day with an Easter holidays visit from bits of Fi’s family. Possibly did too much as I have a bit […] [Original post on social.coop]

A black and white rabbit is leaning in towards the camera to see if it is food.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Notes from Tuesday 7 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/07/not… Chum @hellocatfood came over for a long overdue visit today. We became good friends about 20 years ago when I was realising I might be an artist and he, along with […] [Original post on social.coop]

A photograph of a fence filling the lower third and clear blue sky filling the top two thirds. A cluster of evergreen trees are nudging in from the right.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

Notes from Saturday 4 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/04/not… Feeling better again, but still a bit fragile. Was nearly sideswiped by Wally deciding to stop eating this morning necessitating medication and syringe-feeding […] [Original post on social.coop]

A dark photo of a rabbit hiding under a cupboard. It is hunched up and staring at the camera.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

Notes from Friday 3 April notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/03/not… Somewhat improved mood today. I tried pulling back and Fiona gave me some space and it seemed to work. The brain is a muscle and sometimes it needs to rest. I even […] [Original post on social.coop]

Two rabbits are munching on a dandelion plant which was been uprooted and dumped on a lawn. Their faces and ears are a bit distorted by the enthusiasm.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Notes from Thursday 2 April: notes.peteashton.com/2026/04/02/not… Feeling a little better today but have a sense I’m going to be in this mood for a while. Maybe I won’t be (one thing I’m sure of is I have no idea how I’m going […] [Original post on social.coop]

A branch from a bush with numerous small yellow flowers on it, against a fence in the background.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

Notes from Tuesday 31 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/31/not… Last night’s sleep was a bit rough. For some reason my teeth were hurting, not in a call-the-dentist way, more like there was a pressure on them. Fi thought it […] [Original post on social.coop]

The view through a geodesic dome to the sky, so there are five sticks stretching out from a hub. Attached to the hub is an S hook. Beyond the dome is a clear blue sky and some trees.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

Notes from Sunday 29 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/29/not… Sleepy sleepy sleepy today. No energy at all, and content to just lean into that. A few people in my streams are moaning about the clock changes but I have to say […] [Original post on social.coop]

A rabbit is climbing up a leg so its face is right in the camera. The nose and whiskers are very clear in the image.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

Notes from Thursday 26 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/26/not… Slept much better and felt able to do some mild woodworking today. I’ve been working on the bath panel I planned out earlier this month at a glacial pace, making […] [Original post on social.coop]

A rabbit is digging on a lawn. It is hunched at the back with front paws forwards and its eye closed so it looks like it's prostrated to prayer.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

Notes from Monday 23 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/23/not… Very much a resting day. Slept a lot, then went back to bed later. Feeling OK but definitely like something relatively minor could tip me over. Fi excitedly told me […] [Original post on social.coop]

A ginger and white rabbit is sitting on a lawn looking very much like a rabbit should look.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

Notes from Saturday 21 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/21/not… Had a visitor from an old friend of my mum's today. They met at university about 60 years ago and had always stayed in touch, going on family holidays together […] [Original post on social.coop]

Various gardening tools are resting on a circular metal frame.

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Pete Ashton @pete.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Notes from Friday 20 March: notes.peteashton.com/2026/03/20/not… Bit of a sludgy day today. Couldn’t get going at all this morning, didn’t get much pottering done and had a sleep in the afternoon. I’d probably categorise this as a […] [Original post on social.coop]

A black and white magpie is sitting in a tree.

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