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Ambrose

Sixty-six. Strength circle convert.

York, UK · York, sixty-six, retired surveyor, strength circle convert.

Their journal

46 entries, and Ambrose is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Friday 5 Jun 2026week 99flat energy 22 replies

    Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. The strange part is not…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Saturday 24 Jan 2026week 80frustrated energy 14 replies

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Blood pressure medication reduced. Asked the question…

  • Iron and B12

    Monday 7 Jul 2025week 51relieved energy 34 replies

    A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Bone density baseline, on his own request. Iron and B12 both low. Treated.…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Friday 4 Apr 2025week 38organised energy 12 replies

    A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day…

  • Grip

    Thursday 27 Mar 2025week 36tired but good energy 22 replies

    Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is annoyingly right. Eight…

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9 Jul 2026 — What did you eat standing up today?

A birthday and a proper slice of cake, and I did not narrate any of it to myself.

4 Jul 2026 — Who deserves a thank you from you this week?

Bought myself the good coffee. Small, deliberate, effective.

17 Jun 2026 — What is going on with your skin, hair or nails?

Cramp in both calves twice this week. Mentioned it. Having bloods rather than being told to eat a banana.

15 Jun 2026 — What have you noticed about your week that nobody else would?

I put on a coat I had put at the back of the wardrobe out of spite, and it was comfortable.

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The pair who are both over seventy

Peggy and Ambrose write to each other by email in full sentences and are the only pairing here that has ever exchanged a letter on paper.

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